.sb3 file

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So we did some coding on Scratch yesterday with my grade 2 class and they LOVED it...one of my students went home and created a game and emailed it to me to watch/view it...it's a .sb3 file, however, my PC is unable to open it....any ideas on how I can view it?...do I need to log into Scratch myself or is there another way? TIA
 
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@Relax yeah, it's pretty basic at this level, not sure about the higher grades as to how technical it gets...it was introduced into the math curriculum in 2020 and apparently is going to be part of the new Science curriculum (for STEAM) coming out this September...last year was my first year teaching it so all my activities were coding unplugged...this year I thought I'd try something different and like I said, they loved it...Scratch Jr is another good site for them to use as well (it's even more basic)...
 
Relax said:
Kids are coding in grade 2? Reminds me of the episodes on Star Trek (TNG) where they showed little kids in class learning advanced science!
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It is part of the system now.. these kids do some amazing stuff with thinker cad and the 3D printer at the public library too.
 
ifiddles said:
@sburns is this a trust worthy site to download the Scratch download from?
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Good question, this might be more appropriate location to download the software
scratch.mit.edu

Scratch - Scratch Offline Editor

Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.
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Hmmm...that downloaded the actual site we used in class as an app on my PC...still can't open the file my student emailed me :(

Oh well, I'll ask my STEAM itinerant on Monday...

At least now I can go play and have some fun coding myself! LOL :D
 
Ugh….effectively failed coding in university. But I’m hoping my kids get into it. But daddy won’t be able to help much.
 
mimico_polak said:
Ugh….effectively failed coding in university. But I’m hoping my kids get into it. But daddy won’t be able to help much.
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I had to learn a few languages back in school but I realized early on that coding/programming was not my cup of tea.

Youtube and stack overflow helped me a ton for the few times I had to write scripts in Linux / Python.
 
The language itself makes a huge difference. The more abstracted it is from the machine code, the easier it is to learn and get results, which helps bolster interest. Someone tried to teach me Assembler on a PET in grade 7, but I couldn't get my head around it. So I switched to BASIC and it was night and day. Then I remember in the 80's when a new language came out that let you draw a cube with only a single line of code. I was amazed. I'm guessing Scratch is even more abstracted, but that's great to get the kids started and keep their interest. If the kids understand logic, then (LOL) all they really need is to learn the syntax and structure and they're on their way.
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