Scratch
Learning to Create Games, Animations and Stories
Scratch
Scratch is a free programming tool from MIT (http://scratch.mit.edu/). that allows you to create interactive stories, animations and games with ease. Complicated programming is absent from this application, making it easier for students to be creative, collaborative, and to think critically. Scratch enables students to become Digitally Fluent by providing opportunities for them to design, create, and invent with new media (Resnick, M. Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society. Learning and Leading with Technology (Dec. 2007), 18-22. ).
Intro to Scratch
Other Resources
Here are some other online resources that can support your learning:
- Scratch Curriculum guide, integrate Scratch into your teaching (http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-curriculum-guide-draft)
- A wiki on Scratch, excellent video tutorials (http://scratchstuff.wikispaces.com/Other+Resources)
- Scratch Tours (http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Scratch_Tours)
- Scratch Cards - Templates you can easily use to create (https://scratch.mit.edu/help/cards/)
- Research Articles on Scratch - only access throughPDSB login (http://bit.ly/11AduXw)
- Other great materials http://web.media.mit.edu/~kbrennan/files/Brennan_Resnick_AERA2012_CT.pdf
- http://learnscratch.org/resources/why-learn-scratchhttp://www.ncte.ie/media/NCTE_April2012.pdf
- PDSB example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emQb5vtK6gA) or see below
#ETMOOC Scratch Thing
Alternate Computer Programming Applications
Hopscotch
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/hopscotch-hd/id617098629?mt=8
Daisy the Dinosaur
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id490514278?mt=8
Codea
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/codea/id439571171?mt=8
Sketchnation
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/sketch-nation-studio/id506337826?mt=8
Codeacademy
http://www.codecademy.com/
Snap
http://snap.berkeley.edu/snapsource/snap.html
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