Subject: Digital Technologies
Year Level: 3-4
Strand: Digital Processes and production skills
Sub Strand: Using digital systems
4.2 Investigate how well information systems meet home, classroom and community needs and envisage new applications for existing information systems (ACARA, 2013)
Link to resource
http://splash.abc.net.au/home#/home
Cross curriculum priorities and general capabilities
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Level 3 – Identify the impacts of ICT in society identify the value and role of ICT use at home and school (ACARA, 2015)
Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT), Level 3 – Identify and clarify information and ideas – identify main ideas and select and clarify information from a range of sources (ACARA, 2015)
Links to other areas
This resource can be linked to all learning areas if desired. This is due to the variety of information available on the website.
A classroom activity using this resource
This website has a number of informative and educational videos available. The video, Into to Scratch 2.0, is a great resource to help students learn how to program Scratch. Each video has an overview explaining the video’s purpose and also a section for teachers. In the teacher section it links each video to a year group, ACARA strand and content descriptor. In the Into to Scratch 2.0 video it is linked to both years 3 and 4. The students could watch this video as a class or in small groups as a introduction to the Scratch program. Students can then explore the program. Once the students are familiar with the programming they can watch more tutorial videos on Splash to learn more about Scratch, e.g. how to change colours in Scratch or adding sound to Scratch. This website allows students to learn at their own pace and review videos as they need, a wonderful resource for teachers to know about.
How to use this resource
- place the web address in address bar: http://splash.abc.net.au/home#/resources/-/technologies/all/all
- select the year and subject desired or use the search bar available
- browse videos until an appropriate one is found