1st Edition

The Teacher’s Guide to Scratch – Advanced Professional Development for Coding Education

By Kai Hutchence Copyright 2024
258 Pages 216 Color Illustrations
by Eye On Education

258 Pages 216 Color Illustrations
by Eye On Education

258 Pages 216 Color Illustrations
by Eye On Education

The Teacher’s Guide to Scratch – Advanced is a practical guide for educators preparing sophisticated coding lessons and assignments in their K–12 classrooms. The world’s largest and most active visual programming platform, Scratch helps today’s schools answer the growing call to realize important learning outcomes using coding and computer science. This book illustrates the expert-level... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Our Previous Books In The Series 3. Scratch's Place in Coding 4. Defining Advanced Scratch 5. Advanced Project 1: Bar Charts and Data Files 6. Advanced Project 2: Point-and-Click Adventure 7. Advanced Project 3: Platformer Game 8. Advanced Project 4: Scrolling Shooter 9. Advanced Check-In 10. Follow-Up: Extending the Projects 11. Troubleshooting Scratch 12. Final Thoughts

Biography

Kai Hutchence is CEO and Founder of Massive Corporation Game Studios as well as its subdivision, Massive Learning, which focuses on educational products and services. Through his established coding support partnerships with elementary, middle and high schools, post-secondary institutions, and provincial and national organizations, Kai has taught over 20,000 students to code and over 2,000 educators to code and teach coding.

“Kai Hutchence has written the book that I can honestly say I wish I had when I started teaching. . . . I'm sure you'll experience just as much joy as I did, joining in on this project-based journey Kai that has so thoughtfully curated for us.”

—Shawn Patrick Higgins, President of the Oregon Computer Science Teachers Association and 6th-12th-grade Game-Making and Coding Teacher in Portland, OR