Are you a teacher of young learners? Are you involved in young peoples’ extra-curricular activities? Then this course could be for you. Whatever subjects you normally teach, you and your learners are surrounded by modern digital technology. This course will help you to encourage today’s young digital consumers to become tomorrow’s digital creators. It is based around the popular Scratch system that is capturing the imagination of children around the globe.
You’ll be truly amazed at how fast your learners get up to speed with coding skills. And if you’ve never written a line of code in your life, don’t worry. This course will get you started step-by-step.
Course Content
- Unit 1: Introducing Scratch and the Art of Coding
- Unit 2: Creating an Interactive Digital Environment
- Unit 3: Coding Geometric Shapes and Freehand
- Unit 4: Planning and Designing Games
Target Audience
- Teachers of 8-11 year olds
- Parents of 8-11 year olds
- Anyone interested in bringing new skills to young people
Course Requirements
- There are no formal requirement for this course.
- You do not need any previous programming experience!
- You only need access to the internet. You can download the course content and the system.
- All content and system access is completely free-of-charge.