SCRATCHIN’ITALY SCRATCH PROJECTS IN ITALIAN SCHOOLS PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO DSCHOLA TORINO

EVERYBODY LIKES CODING Over the last few years, interest in coding is increasing in most parts of the world. This is also happening in Italy. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO – DSCHOLA - TORINO

ITALY LIKES SCRATCH Scratch is one of the most used tools to teach how to program computers. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO – DSCHOLA - TORINO

FROM ICT TO CS 2010 school reform legislation required high schools to introduce the principles of computer science and computer programming during the first year for the purpose of improving problem solving and computational thinking skills. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO – DSCHOLA - TORINO

CS WITH SCRATCH After different experiments with the use of the most popular programming languages, Scratch began to be more and more taught in schools because of its features and ease of use in introducing young students to coding. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO – DSCHOLA - TORINO

Scratch is a free desktop and online multimedia authoring tool that can be used by students, scholars, teachers, and parents to easily create games and provide a stepping stone to the more advanced world of computer programming or even be used for a range of educational and entertainment constructivist purposes from math and science projects, including simulations and visualizations of experiments, recording lectures with animated presentations, to social sciences animated stories, and interactive art and music.authoring toolconstructivistmathsciencesocial sciencesinteractive art PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

SCRATCH 2.0 I.D.E. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

EVENT #1 – ITALIAN SCRATCH FESTIVAL Three editions of a national contest organized by DSCHOLA among first year high school students to reward the best projects developed in Scratch. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO – DSCHOLA - TORINO

Dschola is a cultural non-profit organization founded in The founding members are 21 schools of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta. The purpose of the Association is to promote the enhancement of the schools’ information technology culture, educational innovation and the sharing of knowledge through ICT. In addition, Dschola provides initiatives to support schools in the use of ICT in teaching. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

ITALIAN SCRATCH FESTIVAL 2014 EDITION  33 HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER ITALY 33 HIGH SCHOOLS PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

Evaluation criteria: 1.technical quality: the application uses sophisticated technical tricks or ingenious solutions? 2.usability: the application is friendly and uses an intuitive interface? Is it fun to play with? 3.originality: the application is innovative? It proposes a classic in a new look? 4.aesthetic quality: the style and design are well prepared? The proposal is attractive and pleasant to see and use? PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

EVENT #2 – PROBLEM POSING & SOLVING A national project to improve the study of CS through the use of different programming languages as Python and Scratch, involving teachers of Math and Informatics from all over the country. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

EVENT #3 – TEACHERS 4 TEACHERS A project promoted by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Torino with the aim of introducing teachers of all grades to the principles of computational thinking. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO – DSCHOLA - TORINO

EVENT #4 – PROGRAMMO ANCH’IO A regional project (Piedmont) organized by DSCHOLA and financed by the Foundation Cassa di Risparmio di Torino with more than €, «Programmo anch’io» is going to involve 150 classes in 75 JH&H schools for a total of 3000 students (75 full days of CS education with Scratch!). PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO – DSCHOLA - TORINO

A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

INTRODUCTION TO SCRATCH 1.4 I.D.E. PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

AN AQUARIUM PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

INPUT/OUTPUT WITH SCRATCH PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

PAC MAN PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS Input/output Variables Sequence Selection Loop Messages Events Search algorithms Sort algorithms PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)

LEARNING BY DOING learning somethingdoing something with what we are learning Not just mere scholastic exercises with the principal aim of "learning something" but "doing something with what we are learning". A change in the way of teaching that makes the students the real protagonists of their own education process. GRAZIE PER L’ATTENZIONE PROF. ALBERTO BARBERO - I.I.S."G.VALLAURI" - FOSSANO (ITALY)