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Objectives What is Scratch? Why use Scratch in the Classroom? Getting Started with Scratch? Scratch Examples Create

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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

Scratching to Make Learning Relevant October 20, 2012 Why Scratch Develop 21st Century Skills Visual Object Oriented Flexible (Ages 5 – 15) Integrate into All Subjects Runs on Macs, Windows, and Linux Free!!! Why Scratch? Well some may say a bad rash or itch but otherwise R. Forrest Evans - revans@wanaque.k12.nj.us

Scratching to Make Learning Relevant October 20, 2012 21st Century Skills Core Subjects – 3Rs and 21st Century Themes Learning and Innovation Skills – 4Cs Information, Media, and Technology Skills Life and Career Skills Scratch enable students to develop 21st century skills. These are skills deemed necessary by educators, businesses, and industry for students to attain in order to successfully compete in this world’s digital economy as business has shifted from industrialization to an information or digital base. There are many factors that contribute to the digital and 21st century skills are divided into 4 areas which include the core subjects which are the basic subjects that we’ve all taken from elementary – high school with added 21st century theme subjects which include: Global awareness Financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy Environmental literacy Also included are Learning and Innovation Skills which include critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation skills, as well as Information, media, and technology skills (otherwise known as digital literacy), and Life and career skills. R. Forrest Evans - revans@wanaque.k12.nj.us

Visual & Object Oriented Scratching to Make Learning Relevant October 20, 2012 Visual & Object Oriented The graphical blocks used in the creation process are called scripts. These scripts are color coded and have unique shapes. This provides an unambiguous view of the programming commands allowing users to easily distinguish between the type of scripts needed or not needed in the creation or troubleshooting process which facilitates computational thinking. Students program by easily snapping and detaching the scripts without the need of complicated codes while still using the computational thinking skills required in computer programming. R. Forrest Evans - revans@wanaque.k12.nj.us

Scratching to Make Learning Relevant October 20, 2012 Flexible Recommended Age Level: 5 - 15 Scratch has been created for a wide range of students. It is easy enough for a 5 year old while still being challenging enough for a 15 year old or even older. R. Forrest Evans - revans@wanaque.k12.nj.us

Integrate in to All Subjects Core Subjects English World Languages Arts Mathematics Economics Science Geography History Government & Civics 21st Century Themes Global awareness Financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy Environmental literacy

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Concepts Learning in Scratch 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 Scratch Scratching to Make Learning Relevant October 20, 2012 Getting Started with Scratch What 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 R. Forrest Evans - revans@wanaque.k12.nj.us

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.

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