Scratch To Flex Your Creativity!NYSCATE ~ November 24, 20133 Hour Workshop

Karen Vitek

Computer Studies Teacher

Spackenkill High School

Poughkeepsie, NY

karen.vitek@spackenkillschools.org

Teacher Web Page

Traveling the Technosphere

Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Why coding?

3. Scratch Basics

a. Cards

b. Tutorials

4. Projects

5. Sharing

6. Resources

Coding

Code.org: Code Stars

Learn to Code, Code to Learn

Scratch 2.0 Overview Video

Hour of Code: December 9-15, 2013

‣ Scratch Tutorial

Scratch Basics

Scratch Website*

‣ Create an account

Scratch Cards

*Offline Scratch 2.0 Editor

Test Scratch Beta Player

Scratch Cards

Change Color

Move to a Beat

Say Something

Follow the Mouse

‣ Interactive Whirl

‣ Animate It

‣ Moving Animation

‣ Keep Score

Change Color

Move to a Beat

Say Something

Follow the Mouse

Interactive Whirl

Animate It

Moving Animation

Keep Score

Nuts and BoltsUser Interface

Tips: Menu & Panel

Step by Step Intro

How To:‣ Effects‣ Animation‣ Games‣ Stories‣ Music

‣ Blocks

‣ Backpack

‣ Sprite Information

‣ Costumes & Paint Editor

‣ Sound EditorFreesound

SoundBible

Musopen

Project 1

10 BlocksThink: What can you create with only 10 Scratch blocks? How creative can you be when you can only use 10 different blocks?

Background: In this activity you will only be uses these 10 blocks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyWF2Y_D_Uc

Project 2

Debug-itsThink: How can you troubleshoot a program when it doesn't work the way you want it to? Can you debug a Scratch program?

Background: Debugging is an important skill to learn for any coding project. In this activity, you will investigate what is going awry and find a solution.

•Debug-it 1 When the green flag is clicked, both Gobo and Scratch Cat should start dancing. But only Scratch Cat starts dancing! How do we fix the program?•Debug-it 2 In this project, when the green flag is clicked, the Scratch Cat should start on the left side of the stage, say something about being on the left side, glide to the right side of the stage, and say something about being on the right side. It works the first time the green flag is clicked, but not again. How do we fix the program?•Debug-it 3 The Scratch Cat should do a flip when the space key is pressed. But when the space key is pressed, nothing happens! How do we fix the program?

Scratch Sharing

Project Page

Studios

Remixing Projects

Scratch Extras‣ ScratchEd

‣ Makey Makey

‣ Picoboard

‣ Lego WeDo

‣ Tynker

‣ iPad Apps for Coding

‣ Scratch Resources

‘Ultimately, what is needed is a shift in mindsets, so that people begin to see coding not only as a pathway to good jobs, but as a new form of expression and a new context for learning.

- Mitchel Resnick

Q & A

Thankyou

*This presentation can be found on

Slideshare and at www.karenvitek.com