Use of the Scratch program in the UK? (Re: [squeak-dev] The Inbox: Nebraska-tpr.42.mcz)

H. Hirzel hannes.hirzel at gmail.com
Tue Nov 24 17:00:01 UTC 2015


On 11/24/15, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:30:44PM +0100, karl ramberg wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:17 PM, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > > On 23-11-2015, at 1:16 PM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Is this so that Scratch users won't have to see the pre-debugger?
>> >
>> > Nah,  the Scratch code handles it in ScratchSoundRecroderDialog or
>> > some-such. These couple of changes are simply suggestions for more
>> > politely
>> > handling a possible problem in a way that is a touch less painful than
>> > a
>> > primitiveFailed within a critical block. If people prefer the plain
>> > notifier for an unhandled Warning, fine.
>> >
>> > ChatNotes etc are not used by Scratch - though enabling group chat
>> > could
>> > be fun...
>> >
>> > >  If
>> > > a Scratch kid gets a debugger and clicks "Debug" isntead of
>> > > "Abanadon".  They might get confused or they might learn something..?
>> >
>> > I suspect a teacher of a class of 30-40 8 year olds trying to keep
>> > their
>> > minds on the required lesson might not see it as at all amusing.
>> > Remember,
>> > Scratch usage is now part of the national curriculum in the UK.
>> >
>>
>> Oh, that's really big.
>> Hope they enjoy it :-)
>>
>
> Indeed, it sounds like a pretty big deal, but not something that I would
> have remembered since I did not know about it in the first place. Tim,
> can you provide a link to "Scratch usage is now part of the national
> curriculum in the UK"?

So far I found

http://www.naace.co.uk/curriculum/primaryguide

Page 14 shows a screen with scratch. This is  from an association of
UK ICT teachers.

There are web pages from the UK government but I did not find the reference yet.

--Hannes


> And when they say "Scratch" does it mean the real one, or the "improved"
> version that was reimplemented in a soon-to-be-dead language by wannabe
> IT managers?
>
> Dave
>
>
>


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