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Introduction to Programming with Scratch

By Darren Cank and Patrick McGee

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Introductions

Darren Cank Computer Scientist

PGDE Student

Patrick McGeeWeb Development & Big Data Specialist

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Overview

Computers follow instructions that programmers create to perform a specific task

Programmers can either:

Hand code the programsUse a Graphical Interface or an

integrated development environment (IDE)

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The Scratch IDE

The Scratch IDE uses visual blocks to construct the code

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The Scratch IDE

The Scratch IDE has different work areas to help programmers organise their programs

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The Scratch IDE

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The hello World Program

First steps into programming we learn how to create a simple hello world program

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Recap

So to recap what we have learnt that:

Programmers have choices About the Scratch interface

And we have created a

hello world program

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Building a Game using Scratch

In this next section we are going to create a game from scratch.

Bat and Ball

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Can we Extend or modify the program

We now what to add additional features to our game.

Spend about 7 mins to see if you can add to the game.• Maybe you want to change the colours• Increase the angle of the rebound

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Showcase your work

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Summary

Introduced the Scratch IDE and developed an understanding of the interface and tools.• Created a simple hello world program• Replicated the bat and ball game • Modify the bat and ball game to extend

its capabilities

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End

Thank you for taking part in the lesson

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