Programming Monsters using Scratch/teaching approach

This activity developed the specific e-skills⁽ⁱ⁾ of programming and digital animation. It could be considered the first step towards enabling children to design and create their own games⁽ⁱ⁾ using sprites and user-input controls. Computer programming helps to develop investigation⁽ⁱ⁾ skills as it requires the use of a previously unknown language⁽ⁱ⁾ to execute commands, which also develops the skills of mathematical thinking⁽ⁱ⁾. Computer programming also involves the use of modeling⁽ⁱ⁾ and planning⁽ⁱ⁾ techniques. Because Scratch is an open source programming language, this also creates opportunities for homework⁽ⁱ⁾, as the children are able to download the software for themselves at home.