7th Grade Instructional Technology Assessment
By Reece's Tech Shop by Scott Reece
This is a two week unit that introduces Scratch and includes a cluminating activity. Students will learn the basics of Scratch coding and then show off their knowledge with a Scratch animation based on a story that they create.
Coding - Students learn to code objects in Scratch! Animations, backgrounds, letters, characters, scenery...they learn how to insert and animate all of these different objects.
Writing - Students will write a one page fairy tale and then animate the fairy tale using Scratch! they learn how to use the screen record tool in PowerPoint to bring their fairy tale into their slide show.
Sharing - We take a day or two where everyone loads their fairy tale on the computers and we walk around reading & watching everyone's fairy tales.
This file includes:
*Student Handout
*Teacher Notes*PowerPoint template file for culminating project
*Instructions for using Screen Record in PowerPoint