Funky Concertina at The Taipei European School

On Saturday 19th May we are hosting the very exciting " Funky Concertina" event that is part of the World Scratch Day run by MIT University. Scratch is a computer program that allows students to build anything from automatic moving shapes to presentations all the way to fully functioning computer games.
The day will begin at 8.30am and end at 12.30pm (prizes afterward) with various breaks for mini games and prizes. The Students will take part in team games that promote creativity and collaboration. The theme of the day is solely focused on fun, funk and building on lots of computer skills.

This year we intend to combine the enthusiasm of students from our school and TAS (and more if they're interested) to collaborate in small teams and build something in Scratch and learn something new.

The sign up form for parents is here - see edtechlounge.com/scratchday2012

The reason we are using this type of response form is to replace the traditional permission slips that get lost or eaten by the dog. Important information like phone numbers don't get lost this way.

AGE RANGE: Year 2 to Year 6

(special exception rules will apply should there be

A: The student is younger than the specified age range who is very familiar with Scratch.

B: The student is older than the specified age range who has a specific interest in programming. Due the nature of the day, grouping via age ranges will be the key factor to its success. Please email the contact person at the bottom of this form for further details on this subject)

FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS.

Please provide your own lunch and snacks for the day as you may normally for a school day. There will be healthy drinks, fruit and snacks available to purchase.

THEME:

Lots of Fun games and building of brand new computer Skills based on the theme: "Funky shapes"

Goals: 1. To promote Scratch to primary school children in a fun way and to collaborate with other International Schools in the area.

2. To encourage students to use scratch in a variety of creative ways.

TIMINGS:

8:30 - 9:45 - Part one intro to the day/ Getting started.

9:45 - 10:00 - break

10:00 - 11:30 - Part two - Creating your games/ animations .

11:30 - 12:00 - Lunch.

12:00 - 12.30 - Part 3 - finishing games/ animations.

12:30 - 1:00 - Prizes

Finish at 1:00PM

MAIN ELEMENTS:

I. This Year's plan is to make a concertina game effect on each computer the children use. How does this work?

The idea is that the children are given a set amount of time to amend a set game/story on the computer. This will be in the form of a story-like effect where the next team have to add their own 'Funky' creations to the backgrounds and characters.

II. Remix: Keeping with the theme "Funky" we will remix a project on the scratch website and make it funky. We will add music, shapes or interactivity to the game. This will most probably be for the older children.

III. Individual creativity - Children who Scratch at home can bring their own sprites (digital character designs), backgrounds and scripts. Have a part-made project? No problem. Build it further here with expert advice and help.

DATE:

Saturday, 19t May 2011 Time: 8:30 – 12:30pm with prizes afterward till about 1pm

TARGET:

50-60 people including: teachers, students and parents.

FEE:

Fee: $50NT per person (to cover costs of prizes and to buy the guards a little thank you gift! ); Food and refreshments will be extra.

LANGUAGE:

Bilingual (Chinese & English) although mainly English.

PROGRAMME:

The final programme will be announced nearer the day and will be emailed to those parents/ carers who sign up. The day will be broken up with quick-fire rounds of games with team prizes with a longer project based programme for teams.

Top see what previous events look like then please go here: http://day.scratch.mit.edu/media

ENQUIRIES:

Glenn Malcolm

Taipei European School 727 Wen Lin Road Shihlin Taipei 11159

Tel.：(886) 2 8145 9007 E-mail：glenn.malcolm@tes.tp.edu.tw

Website：www.tes.tp.edu.tw Updated information: Blog: edtechlounge.com/scratchday2012/