ingto Make Learning Relevant

R. Forrest Evans

October 20, 2012

Objectives

What is Scratch?

Why use Scratch in the Classroom?

Getting Started with Scratch?

Scratch Examples

Create

Scratch…

What is Scratch

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.› The Scratch Project -

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/About_Scratch

Why Scratch

Develop 21st Century Skills Visual Object Oriented Flexible (Ages 5 – 15) Integrate into All Subjects Runs on Macs, Windows, and Linux Free!!!

21st Century Skills

Core Subjects – 3Rs and 21st Century

Themes

Learning and Innovation Skills – 4Cs

Information, Media, and Technology Skills

Life and Career Skills

Visual & Object Oriented

Flexible

Recommended Age Level: 5 - 15

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English World Languages Arts Mathematics Economics Science Geography History Government & Civics

Global awareness Financial, economic, business, and

entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy Environmental literacy

Multiple Operating Systems

Windows

Mac

Linux

FREE!!!

Concepts Learning in Scratch

Concept Description

Sequence Identifying a series of steps for a task

Loops Running the same sequence multiple times

Parallelism Making things happen at the same time

Events One thing causing another thing to happen

Conditionals Making decisions based on conditions

Operators Support for mathematical and logical expressions

Data Storing, retrieving, and updating values

Getting Started with ScratchWhat Where

Download http://scratch.mit.edu/download

Getting Started Guide

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/sites/infoscratch.media.mit.edu/files/file/ScratchGettingStartedv14.pdf

Scratch Reference Guide

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Support/Reference_Guide_1.4

Scratch Cards http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Support/Scratch_Cards

Videos About Scratch

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Video_Tutorials

Scratch Tour http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch_Tours

ScratchEd (Collaborate)

http://scratched.media.mit.edu/

Access to all Resources

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Support

Scratch Examples

Scratch Extras

Upload Projects Online : http://scratch.mit.edu/

› (Free User Accounts)

› Other users can run your programs through their web

browser. (Uses Java)

› Can comment on online projects

Online Galleries

Can embed Scratch applications in your websites.

Contact Info

Email:

› revans@wanaque.k12.nj.us

› www.coolschoolteacher@gmail.com