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- | =====Scratch====== | + | ======Scratch====== |
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- | =====Scratch | + | Scratch |
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- | Scratch | + | Scratch is designed |
- | Kids love the digital storyboard concept, the colorful icons and built-in characters. With Scratch, they become | + | For younger coders, Scratch |
- | + | | **Recommended Ages** | Year 3 to Year 11 (ages 8 to 16) | | |
- | Scratch Jr is a free product available for [[https://play.google.com/ | + | | **Product Cost** | Free | |
+ | | **Where to Purchase** | ||
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- | ====FAQs==== | ||
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- | **What are the differences with Scratch Jr?** | ||
- | * Scratch Jr is optimized for tablets using the touch interface, while Scratch is designed for PCs using a mouse | ||
- | * Blocks stack left to right instead of up and down. The blocks also take on a similar size in width and height. Looping blocks such as " | ||
- | * There are less block categories and types of blocks, containing the blocks most used by 5-7 year olds. There are no conditional (if/else), variables or mathematic blocks compared to Scratch. | ||
- | * Broadcasts are limited to 6 broadcasts on each page which are identified by a colour, keeping it simple for kids. | ||
- | * Pages are known as Scenes in Scratch and like a book, a page contains characters and a background. Scratch Jr is limited to only 4 pages. | ||
- | * Paint Editor is simplified in Scratch Jr. | ||
- | * Sound recording is limited to around a minute each and each character can only have up to 5 recorded sounds. | ||
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- | **What are the timings/ | ||
- | * The stage is divided up into a grid, 20 squares wide and 15 squares high | ||
- | * Each step in a motion block (up, down, left, right) is moving 1 grid square in distance | ||
- | * When using the Rotate left/right block, each step is 30 degrees. A full rotation is 12 steps | ||
- | * The delay block times each step as a tenth of a second. To delay your script for 1 second, you need to use 10 steps | ||
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- | ====Resources==== | ||
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+ | =====Activities===== | ||
+ | * [[digital_literacy: | ||
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