Tuesday 17 December 2013

Hour of Code Lesson 2 - Seasons Greetings Card






In today's lesson we are:

  • taking an assessment on Logic & Sequencing
  • completing the hour of code activity.

Tasks:

1. Log into Scratch by clicking on the link below:


2. Watch the tutorials and complete the Interactive Holiday Card tutorial.

3. For inspiration check out these completed projects!



This is our last lesson together. It has been lots of fun being your computing & ICT teacher this term. I hope you continue to have fun coding in the new year. All the best!





Wednesday 11 December 2013

Hour of Code Lesson 1 - Seasons Greetings Card



The best animated cards will be shown at the 
Christmas Concert and maybe even in assembly!


In today's lesson we are:

  • taking part in Computing Week - Hour of Code
  • by using Scratch to create an animated card



Tasks:

1. Click here to begin:


2. First delete the sprite:




3. Next add some new sprites:




4. Bring your sprites to life with animations:



Next Lesson:

We shall continue our animated cards to include a background and more!

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Lesson 4 - Using Vairables


What is a variable?

In today's lesson we are learning to:

  • Recap what a variable is
  • Be able to use variables instead of values to create more interesting shapes and spirals.

Tasks:

1. Log into scratch using the link below:


2. Create some shapes and then iterate them to make spirals.

3. Replace your values with variables!