Scratch Your Creativity presentation made for ACTEM MAINEducation Conference in Augusta, Maine ~ October 10, 2013.

1. Scratch Your
Creativity!
ACTEM ~ October 10, 2013

2. KarenVitek
Computer Studies Teacher
Spackenkill High School
Poughkeepsie, NY
karen.vitek@spackenkillschools.org
Teacher Web Page
Traveling the Technosphere

3. Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Why coding?
3. Scratch Basics
a. Cards
b. Tutorials
1. Projects
2. Sharing
3. Resources

4. Coding
‣ Code.org: Code Stars
‣ Learn to Code, Code to Learn
‣ Scratch 2.0 OverviewVideo

5. Scratch Basics
‣ Scratch Website
‣ Create an account
‣ Scratch Cards

6. Scratch Cards
‣ Change Color
‣ Move to a Beat
‣ Say Something
‣ Follow the Mouse
‣ Interactive Whirl
‣ Animate It
‣ Moving Animation
‣ Keep Score

7. Change Color

8. Move to a Beat

9. Say Something

10. Follow the Mouse

11. Interactive Whirl

12. Animate It

13. Moving Animation

14. Keep Score

15. Nuts and Bolts
‣ User Interface
‣ Tips: Menu & Panel
‣ Step by Step Intro
‣ How To:
‣ Effects
‣ Animation
‣ Games
‣ Stories
‣ Music
‣ Blocks
‣ Backpack
‣ Sprite Information
‣ Costumes & Paint Editor
‣ Sound Editor
Freesound
SoundBible
Musopen

16. Project 1
10 Blocks
Think: What can you create with only 10 Scratch blocks? How creative
can you be when you can only use 10 different blocks?
Background: In this activity you will only be uses these 10 blocks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyWF2Y_D_Uc

17. Project 2
Debug-its
Think: How can you troubleshoot a program when it doesn't work the way you
want it to? Can you debug a Scratch program?
Background: Debugging is an important skill to learn for any coding project. In this
activity, you will investigate what is going awry and find a solution.
•Debug-it 1 When the green flag is clicked, both Gobo and Scratch Cat should start
dancing. But only Scratch Cat starts dancing! How do we fix the program?
•Debug-it 2 In this project, when the green flag is clicked, the Scratch Cat should
start on the left side of the stage, say something about being on the left side, glide to
the right side of the stage, and say something about being on the right side. It works
the first time the green flag is clicked, but not again. How do we fix the program?
•Debug-it 3 The Scratch Cat should do a flip when the space key is pressed. But
when the space key is pressed, nothing happens! How do we fix the program?

18. Scratch Sharing
‣ Project Page
‣ Studios
‣ Remixing Projects

19. Scratch Extras
‣ ScratchEd
‣ Makey Makey
‣ Picoboard
‣ Tynker
‣ iPad Apps for Coding
‣ Scratch Resources

20. ‘
Ultimately, what is needed is a shift in
mindsets, so that people begin to see coding
not only as a pathway to good jobs, but as a
new form of expression and a new context
for learning.
- Mitchel Resnick

21. Q & A

22. Thank
you