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Explicitly show students how to login to Scratch because not all students have the same level of computer literacy.

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  • Other skills you may need to teach students include:
    • Typing
    • Navigating to websites
    • Saving files
    • The difference between clicking and dragging and just moving the mouse
    • The difference between single clicking and double clicking.

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  • Scratch
  • Intro Programming
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