Dive In 2 Scratch
Projects you can use with your students today.
What is Scratch?
Scratch is a free visual computer coding language. It includes code "blocks" that can be use to code computers and other devices. Students can use Scratch to create stories, make images move, and design games with animations. The possibilities are endless.
Scratch Overview
Give it a try!
Interested in getting started with Scratch. Here is a step by step tutorial to introduce you to the process of creating with code. Jump in and try it. If you have no idea what to do, let your students try it. You'll be amazed by what they create!
Animate Your Name - Beginner Level (Pre-readers and readers)
Get creative with letters! Animate your name, noun, verb, famous American, explorer, vocabulary word, selling word, etc.
Create a Story - Beginner Level (Readers)
Are your students learning about sentences structure or using quotation marks? Are you looking for a great way to have students publish their writing or tell a short story? Have your students create a story with animations using the following resources.
https://youtu.be/RSZgqg6USQ4
Make it Fly - Beginner/Intermediate Level
Have you ever wondered how animators make your favorite cartoon character's fly? Here's your chance to try it out for yourself! Choose your character (Sprite) and make it fly!
Hide and Seek - Intermediate Level
Are you really feeling creative? Why not try creating a hide and seek game? You program your characters to appear and disappear. Use props to hide your characters and click them to to reveal their hiding spots!
https://youtu.be/1PFlVg7cr_g
Digital Learning Day
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Connect with your ITRT
Your ITRT would love to be a part of technology enhanced learning in your classroom! Share your ideas with your ITRT for useful feedback and guidance.