This semester in Digital Technology students get to learn how to ‘code’.  They are writing basic sequences of instructions to program into a Blu-Bot floor robot to complete a challenge.  As students become more proficient in the skills of basic coding, they get to interact with a program called Scratch Junior.  ‘Scratch Junior’ was developed from a collaboration between MIT Media Lab, Tufts University, and Playful Invention Company, and it is now maintained by the Scratch Foundation.  The app is a free download for Tablet or PC that you and your children may enjoy at home as well.  Students get to program their own simple interactive stories, games, and animations.  ‘Scratch Junior’ is a pre-curser to the very popular free programming language called ‘Scratch’ which is used to teach coding in in primary and secondary schools around the world.

Andrew Stokes – Digital Technology Specialist Teacher