1. Lero © 2012. Slide 1Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Attaining government recognition for a Scratch outreach programme in a small country: our building blocks described 27 July 2012 Clare McInerney Education and Outreach Officer, Lero Stephen Howell IT Tallaght

2. Lero © 2012. Slide 2Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Scratch Programme in Ireland Teaching Materials Competition Teacher Training/Training Computing Camps 2

3. Lero © 2012. Slide 3Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Teaching Materials All materials freely available on www.scratch.ie

4. Lero © 2012. Slide 4Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Scratch Competition 2012

5. Lero © 2012. Slide 5Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Scratch Competition

6. Lero © 2012. Slide 6Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Summer 2011 : 65 teachers in Irish Computer Society and UL Autumn 2011 : Education Centres 116 Spring 2012 : Education Centres 136 Primary Level Summer 2012  Scratch programming and Numeracy in Senior Primary Classes Computer Education Society of Ireland Annual Conference Coder Dojo Teacher Training/Training

7. Lero © 2012. Slide 7Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Summer Computing Camps University of Limerick  Scratch  Arduinos  Computer Music  Introduction to Electronics  Robotics  Greenfoot Year 3 of summer camps  2011 – 50 students over 3 weeks  2012 – 54 students over 2 weeks

8. Lero © 2012. Slide 8Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Government Recognition

9. Lero © 2012. Slide 9Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Junior Cycle Short Course on programming/coding  Commissioned by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment  100 hours over 3 years  Assessed by the teacher  Any school/organisation can develop a short course  Who certifies the course? 9 Junior Cycle Short Courses

10. Lero © 2012. Slide 10Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Not much time for research Keeping track – Uptake is optional Working for the most part with champion teachers Scratch 2.0  Materials update  Training Update Challenges Encountered

11. Lero © 2012. Slide 11Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght Continue to support existing programme for teachers and schools using Scratch Junior Cycle Short Course 11 Plans for the future

12. Lero © 2012. Slide 12Lero–the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, IT Tallaght This work was supported, in part, by Science Foundation Ireland grant 03/CE2/I303_1 to Lero– the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre (www.lero.ie) Clare McInerney Clare.mcinerney@lero.ie Stephen Howell Stephen.Howell@ittdublin.ie www.scratch.ie