1. Scratch Introduction 1

2. SCRATCH 2 YO!! Lets go Scratching Hey She can’t handle methods and parameters but I can and lets not talk about 2D lists BYOB Hip-Hop DJ Felix Alfonso

3. Objectives of Scratch Developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at MIT Media Lab to achieve the following goals: appeal to learners. easy to program interactive stories, games, animations, and simulations. share their creations. It must have a low-floor:easy to get started high-ceiling:create complex projects wide-walls:many types of projects support the development of computational thinking

4. It must be tinkerable blocks snap together fit to make syntactic sense interactive and easy to experiment It must be meaningful Diversity:different types of projects Personalisation:import photos, music clips, voice recordings create graphics It must be social Scratch Web site http://scratch.mit.edu http://scratch.mit.edu Projects are published under the Creative Commons License Three core design principles 4

5. Supports 21 st Century Learning Skills Information and Communications Skills Information and media literacy skills Communication skills Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills Critical thinking and systems thinking Problem identification, formulation and solution Creativity and intellectual curiosity Interpersonal and Self-Directional Skills Interpersonal and collaborative skills Self-Direction Accountability and adaptability Social responsibility

6. 6 The Scratch IDE PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS AND SKILLS SUPPORTED IN SCRATCH

7. 7 Scratch projects GamesTurtle Graphics (Logo problems) Donkey Kong DoiliesDonkey KongDoilies Number CrunchersSimulations Circular numbersState of MatterCircular numbersState of Matter Bubble Sort Simple conversationSimple calculations The chase Temperature ConversionThe chaseTemperature Conversion

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