Scratch

Web (Must allow use of Flash)

Exploration:

This is a "getting to know" Scratch time - a time to learn a bit about how it works.

Have no (or very little) experience with Scratch? Complete the Scratch Step-by-Step Intro to explore how Scratch works. If you get stuck, try checking the Video Tutorials.

Have some experience with Scratch? Try one of the following:

• Create an All About Me Scratch program or Remix 5 Random Facts About Me. You can see an example here and student examples here.
• Tell a story or maybe a Knock Knock joke. You can see an example here.
• Create a Number Guessing Game or a Math Game. Check out examples here and here.
• Create something you want to create!

Done? If you created a Scratch account, please share your project on the Wizard Training Padlet. If you didn't create an account, take a screenshot of your project and share that on the Wizard Training Padlet.

Integration Ideas:

Now, it's time to think about how you might use Scratch with students. If you didn't finish the explorations above and you don't feel comfortable with Scratch yet, continue with the Exploration activities. Ready to move on? Try the Hands-on Activities below.

Hands-on Activities

• Try one of the built in tutorials in the Scratch Editor.
• Complete one or more of the "Have some experience" options above, if you didn't do them.
• Check out the resources on ScratchEd for your curricular area and create an exemplar project for one of the ideas there.
• View the materials on Google CS First and try one of themes yourself.
• Try writing a program to draw 2D shapes in Scratch. Can you combine shapes to create pictures? Here's an example beginner project for this with all the blocks needed for a square.
• Think of something where your students would typically write a report or make a poster or make a movie, etc. to show that they know about a topic. Create an exemplar Scratch project for this and plan to have your students show their knowledge this way instead. Can't come up with one? Check the Scratch Project Ideas below.
• Create a studio with exemplar projects already on the Scratch website. You need to have a Scratch account and be logged in to do this one.

Done? If you have created a Scratch account and saved your project(s), please share it/them on the Wizard Training Padlet. No account? Share a screenshot of your project on the Wizard Training Padlet.

Scratch allows users to create interactive stories, games, animations, and more and allows users to share creations with others in the online community. Scratch now has teacher accounts that allow teachers to set up classes and student accounts that do not require email addresses. There is a very active and helpful community of educators in the Scratch Community with many resources and even a Creative Computing Curriculum.