Music Making Workshop Guide: Scratch Educator's Step-By-Step Plan

1. MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE EDUCATORGUIDE MakeMusic WorkshopOverview Here’s a suggested agenda fora one-hourworkshop: With this guide, you can plan andlead a one-hour workshop usingScratch. Participants will choose instruments,add sounds, and press keys to playmusic. First, gather as a groupto introduce the theme and sparkideas. IMAGINE 10minutes Next, help participants as they create musicalprojects, working at their ownpace. CREATE 40minutes At the end of thesession, gather together to share andreflect. SHARE 10minutes 1 2 SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go

2. MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE Imagine Get Ready for theWorkshop IMAGINE Begin by gathering the participants tointroduce the theme and spark ideas forprojects. Use this checklist to prepare for theworkshop. Preview theTutorial The Make Music tutorial shows participants how to create their own projects. Previewthe tutorial before your workshop and try thefirst fewsteps: scratch.mit.edu/music Warm-up Activity: Repeat aRhythm Gather the group in a circle and get ready to make music. Take turns tapping or clapping a short rhythm, then have the group repeat itback. Print the ActivityCards Print a few sets of Make Music cardsto have available for participants during the workshop. scratch.mit.edu/music/cards Provide Ideas andInspiration Show the introductory video for the Make Music tutorial.The video shows a variety of projects for ideas andinspiration. Make sure participants have Scratchaccounts Check sound on computers orlaptops Check to make sure that the sound output is working on the computers or laptops. You may want to make headphones available (including headphone splitters to allow participantsto listentogether). Check microphone if recording sounds(optional) For the optional step of recordingsounds, see if the computers have a microphone (sound input) turned on or added. Tip: To record sounds in Scratch,participants will need to check “Allow” to giveScratch access to themicrophone: View at scratch.mit.edu/music or vimeo.com/llk/music 3 4 SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go

3. MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE Create Support participants as they create musical projects, on their own or inpairs. Demonstrate the FirstSteps CREATE IMAGINE Demonstrate the first few steps of thetutorial so participants can see how to getstarted. Start withPrompts Ask participants questions to getstarted In Scratch, choose a new sprite and select a drum from the Musictheme. What kind ofrhythms or musical patterns can youmake? Which instruments orsounds do you want to tryfirst? ProvideResources Offer options for gettingstarted Make the drum play asound when you press akey: Make it play arhythm: Some participants maywant to follow the online tutorial: scratch.mit.edu/music Others may want to explore using the activity cards: scratch.mit.edu/music/cards Choose an instrument from themusic theme and make it play anote. • Suggest Ideas forStarting • Choose a drum or otherinstrument • Press a key to play asound • Create arhythm • Try changing therhythm 5 6 SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go

4. MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE MAKE MUSIC / EDUCATOR GUIDE Share SHARE CREATE More Things toTry Have participants walk around the room to see and listen to each others’ musical projects on their computers orlaptops. • Add musicalinstruments • Play with musicalpatterns • Play a random note orsound • Addanimation • Use beatbox sounds in aloop • Record short sounds toplay Reflect as agroup: Keep going! Expanding and enhancingprojects • Check in with participants as they work and offer support to taketheir projectsfurther. • Suggest thatparticipantsexperiment with new instruments and ways of adding sound to theirprojects. • Get inspired by someoneelse’s project: What have they tried? What variations might youtry? What elsemight you like toadd? What do you like best aboutthe project you made orheard?” What’sNext? Scratch + MakeyMakey If you have access to Makey Makey boards(makeymakey.com), you can connect a Scratch project to the physical world.Participants can interact with their musical projects using coins, clay, cardboard, andmore. Prepare toShare Suggest adding instructions so others know how to playthe project, such as which keys topress. To add instructions andcredits to a project online, click the button: ‘See projectpage’. To learn how to use Makey Makey with Scratch, see scratch.mit.edu/makeydrum or scratch.mit.edu/makeypiano This video shows how to sharea project on the Scratch website: vimeo.com/llk/share Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT MediaLab. 7 8 SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go