Scratch – Coding is Cool – NEOTech 2014 Conference

Scratch Programming – Sean McManus $12.02 Paperback $8.99 Kindle
Hopscotch is another program tool.
It is not very hard to learn and very logical.
Scratch can be used to reinforce already learned concepts or introduce new concepts.
You can make your own backdrop, import pictures etc.
XY-Grid background aids in figuring out the movement of the sprite.
You can save items to your backpack within Scratch.
Word based…very logical.  Steps, degrees, coordinates, directions, action based items.
Design the program around the PSUEDO idea.  What do you want the program to do and when.  Think about this logically.  It can accept inputs as well from the user.
You can also tie computation into the program logic.
What do you want the program to do?
How would you go about having the program do this?
How many blocks or logic points does this require?

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