Games Design with MIT Scratch

Course Description

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations and share your creations with others in the online community.

Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century.

Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge.

Scratch is designed especially for ages 8 to 16, but is used by people of all ages. Millions of people are creating Scratch projects in a wide variety of settings, including homes, schools, museums, libraries, and community centers.

A perfect tool for beginners!
No prior programming experience is required!
No typing required!

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to

Understand Basic coding concepts
Apply sequence and repetition in programs.
Develop variables of different data types
Design Controls and Events
Apply pattern recognition, sensing and basic geometry
Understand coordinates and mapping
Improve Soft STEM Skills: Critical, Computational & Creative Thinking

STEM concepts are integrated and core components of this course. Introducing kids to these principles of integrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths at their early ages and in the basic forms would enhance school performance and sustained interests in their real world application.

Software & Tools

Reference: https://scratch.mit.edu

Take Home / Projects

Our approach helps kids understand and design their own programs.
The link below shows what other people are doing all over the world.
Our approach is to help our students design similar projects or create their own without just coping existing projects.