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Topic: Starting From Scratch

Synopsis: Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own animated stories, animations, games, music, and interactive art - and share your creations on the web. Scratch builds on the tradition of Logo and LEGO/Logo, but takes advantage of new computational ideas to make it easier to get started with programming and extend the range of what kids can create and learn. Scratch's easy to use drag-and-drop interface makes it ideal for students (8 years and older) in both primary and secondary schools to design, create, and invent using the new technologies now available to them. This flexible design methodology is simple enough for Year 4's through to upper primary students to use to liven up their animated stories whilst at the same time being powerful enough to be used in both Year 10 computer courses and in the senior ITS and IPT courses.

No matter whether you are a primary or high school teacher, come along and join in QSITE's latest in-service offering and find out just how much fun and how simple Scratch is to work with in the classroom. During the workshop, participants will be able to choose from a series of hands-on projects as they begin to Scratch the surface of the wonderful interactive world of programming.

Presenter: Doug Carey

Where: Moreton Bay College, 450 Wondall Rd, Manly West

Time: 3:30pm - 5pm

Date: Thursday, 28th August 2008

Audience: Primary or Secondary teachers

No. of attendees: limited to first 25 registrations.

QSITE members - free. Non Members $30 (you will be emailed an invoice

by the QSITE executive officer)

To register, email your name and QSITE membership status to Clive Gordon,