Teacher Accounts
As an educator, you can request a Scratch Teacher Account. A Scratch Teacher Account provides educators with additional features to manage student participation on Scratch, including the ability to create student accounts, organize student projects into studios, and monitor student comments. See our guide and FAQ pages for more information.
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Platform
Scratch
Audience
Educators and Facilitators
Experience Level
Getting Started
Type
Guide or Worksheet
Topic
Scratcher Resources
Language
English
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Getting StartedNew to Scratch or ready to learn about some of the features of the platform? Our Getting Started guide and tutorials are the perfect place to begin!
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Learn MoreScratch Online Community, Digital CitizenshipThe Scratch online community is a global space where young people can create, share, and receive feedback from others around the world. It is a unique aspect of our coding platform that we encourage users to explore.
Learn MoreScratch's Creative Learning PhilosophyScratch pioneered block-based programming, enabling young people to learn to code creatively and interactively. Creating Scratch projects fosters the development of computational and creative thinking skills that are critical for future success: learners identify problems, break them into smaller parts, debug them, and iterate on solutions.
Over the years, we’ve loved seeing the unique, exciting strategies educators use to explore Scratch and creative learning in their classrooms, clubs, and beyond. To learn more about our Creative Learning Philosophy, see our guide that lays out our guiding stars and includes a trove of facilitation tips and recommended reading. And we encourage you to explore the variety of Creative Learning Materials in our Learning Library (including lesson plans, coding cards, and educator guides).
When we adapt/remix or develop a creative coding activity/lesson, we look to:
Design for tinkering and learning through play
Design spaces for learners to bring themselves in and see themselves in the lesson (considerations we call the 4/5 P’s): Peers, Passion, Projects, Play, and Purpose
Allow multiple pathways of engagement to foster a wide diversity of projects and support different experience levels (what we call low floors, wide walls, high ceilings or the “house model”)
Create opportunities that naturally guide learners through the creative learning spiral (an iterative process of imagining, creating, playing, sharing, reflecting, and imagining again) by building in time and opportunities to play, share. and reflect
As facilitators, we want to support playful learning and tinkering mindset values, so that participants can:
Engage playfully in projects that are meaningful to them and elicit joy
Collaborate with peers to experiment, share, and celebrate ideas
Develop a mindset that is comfortable with the discomfort of getting stuck (making room for risk and iteration)
Develop a mindset that thinks critically about strategies for getting unstuck (saving space for the process to start again or help them imagine what’s next)
Learn MorePoster: All Blocks, Project Editor, HardwareSix posters showing all the primary blocks, the project editor, extension blocks, as well as Makey Makey, micro:bit, and Vernier hardware diagrams and blocks.
Learn MoreScratch Design JournalWorksheets to help learners imagine, plan, iterate, and reflect throughout all of the phases of their project's development.
Learn MoreDebuggingDebugging is finding and fixing issues or errors in your code that result in it not working as expected or at all. Issues are often called bugs. Use these strategies to find bugs and fix problems.
Learn MoreReflection and Sharing SheetsReflection is an important part of the Creative Learning Spiral. Use these sheets to facilitate project sharing and reflection on the creative process in your classroom.
Learn MoreGuardian Info SheetShare with your learners and their families for a brief desription of Scratch and a helpful place to note their username and password.
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