by admin | Jul 29, 2020 | Coding, Multimedia, Teacher, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
There are 3 main ways of adding audio (music or sound effects) to your Scratch project: Use one of the Scratch sounds (easy)Use the microphone on your device to record a sound in Scratch (medium)Convert a video or audio file into an MP3 that you can import into... by admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Coding, Multimedia, Teacher, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
I love the power and simplicity of Scratch, but there seems to be one glaring area that it doesn’t support – video. Now some of my students may remember that it is possible to import an animated GIF if you can find one on the internet that suits your... by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Multimedia, Teacher, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Sometimes you just need some fancy fonts that Scratch cannot provide or maybe you just love a particular game themed style of text that you simply must have in your Scratch project. Well, TextCraft might just have the answer you are looking for. TextCraft is a free... by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Coding, Multimedia, Prep, Teacher, Year 1, Year 2
Welcome to term 3. This term we are going to start with a Scratch animation project. We will work on this over a few weeks so encourage your student not to rush through it, but to take their time, experiment, modify their design, even do multiple versions. If you need... by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | Coding, Multimedia, Teacher, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
The Scratch website is a powerful tool that enables students to integrate many different skills, collaborate and construct some wonderful digital creations. Previously students used it to animate their name, create games, stories and animations/graphics to support our... by admin | Jun 1, 2020 | Multimedia, Teacher
Most students know how to use the camera on phones or tablets. A few weeks ago we also learnt about using the camera in Minecraft, but there’s one way of capturing images that is often forgotten about … the screenshot. You might notice that in a lot of my... by admin | May 25, 2020 | Teacher
Most students know how to create their own worlds in Minecraft. Some have also looked through the library of pre-made worlds and imported some of these worlds like Inspiration Island or Fantastic Mr. Fox. If you have never done this then you should have a read of the... by admin | May 8, 2020 | Prep, Teacher, Year 1, Year 2
Younger students at St. Andrews love creating things with the Scratch Junior app. It is a free app available on most mobile platforms including iPad and Android devices. You can find the links to install this app on the Scratch Junior home page:... by admin | May 8, 2020 | Multimedia, Teacher
There are some amazing worlds that people have spent weeks or months creating. It may be difficult to see the ‘educational’ value in creating such things, but when you think of the process of designing, creating, refining and often collaborating with many... by admin | May 4, 2020 | Teacher, Year 5, Year 6
This is something I’ve been working on for a few months now. Some students may remember building shared houses in the starter town template towards the end of 2019 and unfortunately I lost that world when my laptop died after the end of term 1 this year. The...