Day 2

These are resources provided for participants in "Scratch Camp" and Scratch programming / learning events sponsored through the Div Jr. Program in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Resources for July 17, 2012: Scratch Storytelling Projects Day!

Curriculum for Scratch Camp by Div Jr instructors is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Please direct questions about this curriculum to staff at The Div.

Introductions

A 37 second video reminder about the great value of FAILURE when you're trying to do something new, from the outstanding movie "Meet the Robinsons" (2007)

Project 3: About Me

For your third Scratch Project we'd like you to make an ABOUT ME project.

1. Check out some of these examples.
2. Refer to the "Interactive Us" activity (included as page 17 of the Scratch Workshop Design Guide)
3. Be sure to share your project on the Scratch community on your profile. Sign up to create your profile (if you have not already) and tell Dr. Fryer your profile ID so he can write it on the board and link to it from our website!

Goals

1. Learn how to tell stories using Scratch with a variety of techniques.
2. Share your work on your Scratch profile page.
3. Be inspired with new ideas for telling stories with Scratch!

Explore and Play

We'll check out and discuss these examples of Scratch Storytelling Projects:

1. Getting to The Thunder Game (by Wes)
2. Google Docs Blocked (by Wes)
3. The Unexpected Cruise (by Wes)
4. The Adventures of Cuddle Bear and Snuggle Bug (by one of Wes' former UCO students)

Explore these projects:

(These were shared during the July 15, 2012, Pre-BLC Scratch Workshop at MIT.)

Also check out this Gallery of Scratch Storytelling Projects.

Look for similarities and differences to other projects we've seen together.

CREATE

These Scratch Blocks are helpful when creating stories.

Project 4: Tell a Story

Create your own Scratch story using one of the following models:

1. Narrated Slideshow (with audio) - Example
2. Conversation (with text bubbles) - Example
3. Catlibs (with user input) - Example
4. Scenes (slides with text bubbles) - Example

(These PDF files above are from Karen Brennan's "Story Time" Handouts on ScratchED.)

If you finish a story using one of the models, try another one!

Project 5: Pass It On Story

First 15 minutes: Start a Scratch story using one of the storytelling models above.

Second 15 minutes: Switch computers and continue working / adding to a Scratch story started by one of your classmates.

Afterwards we'll share and discuss!

(This project idea was copied from the July 15, 2012, Pre-BLC Scratch Workshop at MIT.)

Please upload / share the projects you create today to your Scratch profile. This Scratch project explains how! (Press the spacebar to move between slides.)

Here are some questions we'll ask and discuss as we share our Scratch projects:

1. How did you do that?
2. What did you get stuck on? How did you get unstuck?
3. What are you most proud of? Why?
4. What might you want to do next?

Remember you can check out and link to your classmates' Scratch profiles at the bottom of our July 2012 Scratch Camp homepage.