ScratchJr
ScratchJr is available as a free app for iPads and Android tablets. Students snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. This site provides support and guidance for learners and
teachers.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 1-2 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Tools for learning |
| Format | Apps |
| Core and overarching concepts | Algorithms, Computational thinking, Implementation (programming) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI2P02
Follow and describe algorithms involving a sequence of steps, branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition) |
| Keywords | Algorithms, Programming |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | The Arts, Mathematics |
| Organisation | MIT Media Lab ScratchJr is a collaboration between the DevTech Research Group at Tufts University, the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, and the Playful Invention Company. |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. |
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