Snap!
Students use a block-based coding language to manipulate sprites and story templates as well as community-created code snippets to create stories and games. The web site also contains a link to the help manual, discussions on the Scratch forum, import and export tools and a showcase of example programs created in Snap!.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Tools for learning |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | other programming languages |
| Keywords | Programming, Computational Thinking, Parameters, Algorithms, Computer games, Animation |
| Organisation | University of California at Berkeley |
| Copyright | University of California at Berkeley. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence. |
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