SCRATCH Level-1 (8hrs@£30)

 
 
Course Objectives (8 Hours)
At the completion of this course, you will be able to:
Explain the benefits of teaching students how to program with Scratch.
Create a variety of Scratch projects that include sprites, sounds, math operations, variables, and logic. 
Use and manage the various Scratch account features including "sharing" and "remixing" activities.
Develop Lesson Plans for Scratch Activities that are in alignment with the Common Core.
Why Teach Students Programming
In this module, students will learn and demonstrate their knowledge of:
The benefits students can gain from learning computer programming.
The world wide need for more computer programmers.
How "blocky" programs allow people create programs without memorization.
The types of projects can be created with Scratch.
Programs similar to Scratch or derived from it.
Module # 1 
The Basics of Scratch
In this module, students will learn and demonstrate their knowledge of:
The history of Scratch.
The difference between sprites and images.
Using Scratch's built-in sprites.
Creating your own sprites.
How is "blocky" activities the same and/or different than coding?
Scratch's block categories.
 
 
Module # 2
First Project Basics
In this module, students will learn and demonstrate their knowledge of:
Adding movement to a sprite.
Adding sound to a sprite.
Changing the colors of a sprite.
Making a sprite appear to speak.
Making a sprite appear to think.
Module # 3
Logic
In this module, students will learn and demonstrate their knowledge of:
The Stop block.
The Wait block.
The Forever block.
Repeating actions.
The Broadcast block.
Conditional statements.
Nested control statements.
Module # 4
Adding Sound
In this module, students will learn and demonstrate their knowledge of:
Linking sounds to a sprite.
Playing Scratch's sounds.
Recording and playing your own sounds.
Adding narration to your story.
Module # 5
Costumes and Background Changes
In this module, students will learn and demonstrate their knowledge of:
Adding and changing costumes.
Adding and changing backgrounds.
Graphic special effects.
Changing the size of a sprite.
Complete Project
 
 
Schedule : Daily 12:00 to 14.00 hrs for 4 days on 21st, 22nd ,23rd & 24th  Dec’20 
 
Course Fee :  £30
 
Hardware/Software Requirement for this course.
 
Laptop / Desktop with minimum configuration 4GB RAM and 500 GB Hard disk 
 
 
About the Tutor
 
Bachelors & Master in engineering, 
Phd degree in engineering from Indian Institute of technology (IIT) in Phd is in AI and machine learning – Application of Vedic Science in AI
Extensive 5 years formal Research on Vedic methodology 
Produced 10 research papers focusing on practical applications of Atharveda 
11 years of experience in teaching mathematics, science and few language courses (Python, C++, JAVA).  
Also teaching Super-fast calculation techniques using Vedic Mathematics Sutras
Developed Vedic Computing processor as part of research – that uses of Vedic computational techniques that are much more faster than the conventional methods.
For last 11 years – have benefitted numerous children – as young as 7 year old in improving their mathematical and computational skills using Vedic Mathematics Techniques.