Teachers in all disciplines, from upper elementary through high school, are encouraged to take the course to teach and use Scratch in the classroom. Scratch is a graphical programming environment designed at MIT to be appropriate for students in grades 4-12. This workshop will address the basics of Scratch (mostly by example), ways to introduce Scratch to students, and discussion on general classroom integration. No computer science or programming background required. Teachers will be expected to have their students use Scratch and to report on that use during a follow-up meeting in November 2013.
Date/Time: June 26-28 or July 17-19, 2013, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Plus one follow-up session Saturday, November 2 or 9, 2013
Instructor: Ben Schafer, Assoc. Professor, Computer Science, schafer@cs.uni.edu or (319) 273-2187
Location: ITTC 328, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Tuition/Fees: Tuition, supplies and lunch will be provided to all who complete the course thanks to a generous grant from Google.
Application: To apply for this workshop, submit an application prior to May 3, 2013 via http://www.cs.uni.edu/connections/cs4hs/
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