Evaluation Software - Software
Scratch
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Name of producer:
Massachusets Institute of Technology
Type of product:
kids computer programming learning
Cost of product:
Integrated programing environement with graphical assistant
Website of producer:
Freeware
Teach kids and young students the basics principle of computer programming in a fun way
Graphical programming
The software allows any user the possibility of making simple programs with a character (a cat) that can be moved, rotated, dreseed in different costumes, etc. There is also a pencil that can be lowered, moved, and raised, so the program can draw its results. The way the program is done is quite revolutionary. The program is done by drawing with a set of available pictures that fit on on top or around others. Each instruction, loop, condition, etc. of programs is a picture
It has its own format.
Product Download Link:
There is a section in the web devoted to teach scratch and show how it is used: http://info.scratch.mit.edu/es/Support
Name of Evaluator:
Ignacio Pachés
Role of Evaluator:
Vocational training computer programming teacher
Country:
Spain
Date of Evaluation:
16/06/2012
IES Doctor Lluis Simarro Lacabra IES Doctor Lluis Simarro Lacabra
I know scratch very well and have been trying to use it with my students from early age. For students it may become a bit boring or annoying, but when they know what programming is, when they see other tools and languajes, they go back to scratch and enjoy it. Using scratch is no far from playing puzzle games. Arantxa perez. Simarro Workshop 1