1. Using MIT Scratch for Programming and Control Introducing the scratch interface Year 9 ICT Autumn Term 2007

2. What is Scratch? Scratch is a software application that allows us to make simple programmes for animating objects on the screen. You simply drag and drop instructions to build up your programme

3. What you will learn: National Curriculum levels: use sequences of instructions to control devices and achieve specific outcomes use ICT systems to control events in a predetermined manner create sequences of instructions to control events, and understand the need to be precise when framing and sequencing instructions develop, try out and refine sequences of instructions to monitor, measure and control events, and show efficiency in framing these instructions

4. Introducing Scratch 1

5. Introducing Scratch 2

6. Introducing Scratch 3

7. Introducing Scratch 4

8. Introducing Scratch 5

9. Introducing Scratch 6

10. Homework For homework – go to the Scratch web site and download Scratch so that you can use it at home http://scratch.mit.edu/