I would like to introduce to you a fun program where students utilize a visual programming medium called scratch to exercise their design skills, critical thinking, and technological prowess. This program is located at https://scratch.mit.edu and sign-up instructions for scratch are included in video #1: signing up for an utilizing scratch (link at end of the blog post). Students will be enamored by the creations that they are capable of and, at the same time, will be developing tools necessary for all course subjects in school and tools for life.
Scratch was designed for the field of education and, with students in mind, designed for use by people with all levels of programming background or no previous experience at all with programming. Users build blocks together to program their particular scratch project. Users are able to add a character or sprite which could be just about anything and also change the background. Users are then able to program the motions of the character on the screen or even create games.
I have provided some resources below for using scratch. One good resources is the advantages and disadvantages of scratch which shows exactly why scratch is great for the classroom! I also have included a couple of short instructional videos for those who can't wait to get started with scratch. If you ever have any questions, you can also feel free to seek me out and I will be glad to work with you on integrating scratch in your classroom.
I would like to introduce to you a fun program where students utilize a visual programming medium called scratch to exercise their design skills, critical thinking, and technological prowess. This program is located at https://scratch.mit.edu and sign-up instructions for scratch are included in video #1: signing up for an utilizing scratch (link at end of the blog post). Students will be enamored by the creations that they are capable of and, at the same time, will be developing tools necessary for all course subjects in school and tools for life.
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