Scratch and Curriculum

We’re going to continue to discuss one of the topics of the previous week, so....

- How can we use Scratch to make curriculum emerge?

- Is it possible to use Scratch in cross-curricular activities?

- How do you organise cross-curricular activities in your school?

- Is it easier to integrate ICT in a team? why?

In week 5, teachers thoughs show clearly the diversity of uses and ideas to implement Scratch activities into curriculum. Scratch is flexible and its approaches are different, of course, depending on students age or curricular areas, or even teachers style and methodologies. And that may be the most important conclusion: Scratch has a place in all kind of activities, we only need to plan strategies adapting them to make the most of the tool in the contexts we work. Being so… we think is worth trying to use it, or at least present it to students and involve families and home working so we can extend the time of use and its benefits. And Scratch as also a great value in optional/extra-curricular activities. Freedom can permit teacher to free from the curriculum pressure and use those times as a research laboratory, learning about the use of Scratch in different contexts.