Great free program for coding beginners

Write Review

Teacher Review for Scratch

Tim M.
Media specialist/librarian
Mullen-Hall
Falmouth, MA

My Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

My Subjects Social Studies

Save Changes

My Rating

Learning Scores

Engagement

Pedagogy

Support

Classroom feedback

My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time More than 15 minutes

Great for Creation
Further application
Homework
Individual
Knowledge gain
Practice

Great with Advanced learners
General
Low literacy

How I Use It

I use this program to teach the basics of coding at the elementary level. I start off with a run-down of what the program can do and show them a couple examples of what they can create. I then go through a demonstration of how to create a pong game. It's a little different than Khan Academy in the way that one codes (a little more child friendly).

My Take

It's a great starting point for elementary learners to start coding. It excites the students and they want to continue at home. there are some tutorials and how the program works, but I also stress for them to learn from other places (e.g. YouTube). i agree that it does make it a little too easy for upper graders who a learning to really code. I would probably start with the Computer Science course for any grade 6 and up.

Great free program for coding beginners

Learning Scores

Classroom feedback

How I Use It

My Take

Other Teacher Reviews For Scratch