Up and Running in 10 Minutes

WHERE CAN YOU FIND US?

My name is Fiona. You can contact me on Twitter @fionakenyon1

My name is Danny. You can contact me on Twitter

@MrMckune

My name is Stephen, you can contact me on my email address

steid989@googlemail.com

• Comes pre-loaded on the Raspberry Pi• No writing code – scripts are created by

snapping blocks together• Programming with Scratch is more like putting

together a puzzle• The following game was produced in 10 minutes

by a group of Year 8 pupils

So, why use

?

A great introduction to Programming for

students

MAZE GAME

CODE: THREE SIMPLE SCRIPTS

PUPILS CREATE THEIR OWN BACKGROUND

• Up and Running in 10 minutes is about finding ideas for pupils to create their Scratch game

• In practice many ideas were formed by activities which were relatable to pupils.

With Scratch, it is easy to create simple and

fun games

INSPIRATION FROM RELATION

What activities were relatable?

And Video games

• Over time I noticed, most pupils used their mobile devices to play on various video games

• By relating how various video game features could be implemented in pupil’s Scratch games.

• Pupils were easily able to identify the end product of their Scratch game.

INSPIRATION FROM RELATION

SAMPLE OF PUPILS’ GAMES

SAMPLE OF PUPILS’ GAMES

UP AND RUNNING

• The ideas developed from the examples of video games pupils had played was the key to enabling pupils to develop their games in 10 minutes

•This bolstered pupils creativity and more programming in Scratch more enjoyable as pupils were able to relate to their work.