Schools – Beginners Scratch – The Basics
When a child learns to code they learn more than just how to code, they learn skills they can use throughout their lives:
- Learn How to Solve Problems
- Become a Logical Thinker
- Improve Confidence & Self Esteem
- Gain a Sense of Ownership
- Improve Their Concentration
- Persevere When Things Don’t Work
- Express Themselves Through Creativity
- Improve Their Math & Literacy Skills
- Learn To Experiment with New Ideas
- Have Fun While Learning!
So let’s get going with Lesson 1, I hope your class enjoy it!
You will need access to the following technology to participate in this online coding courses:
- A Computer, Tablet or Smartphone to watch the course video’s on.
- A Laptop or Desktop computer to do their own coding. This course doesn't suit the use of a Tablet, due to the nature of the games being created.
- Headphones are recommended, as this course contains video lessons with audio.
- Internet Connection – you will need an internet connection so you child can watch the video lessons and code along in Scratch online.
- You will need to create an account on the Scratch website with a parent/guardians supervision, so you can safely code and save your mini games. Go to www.scratch.mit.edu/register to create an account, it only takes a few minutes and we have a lesson to guide you through the steps involved.
