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INTRO. From The Scratch Community Discover Learn Share. Janet Dee Technology integration Specialist and Department chair – business and Technology Erika Ferranti Ap computer science and intro to programming teacher – business and technology Reading Memorial High School Reading MA.
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From The Scratch CommunityDiscover Learn Share Janet Dee Technology integration Specialist and Department chair – business and Technology Erika Ferranti Ap computer science and intro to programming teacher – business and technology Reading Memorial High School Reading MA
GOAL To share best practices in getting started with learning and teaching Scratch scratch.mit.edu http://scratched.media.mit.edu
PLAN FOR TODAY • Background: • Discover Scratch: • The Scratch websites: Scratch and Scratch 2.0 • The ScratchEd website • Learn Scratch: • Creative Computing Curriculum Guide • ScratchEd MeetUps • Google CS4HS • Share Scratch: • All of the Above
BACKGROUND • Choosing Scratch • Opportunities with the @ScratchEd team • Monthly MeetUps • Google CS4HS • Curriculum Guide • NSF grant • Scratch 2012 • Looking Back
Using Scratch to Teach Programming Logic and Math
LEARN WITH GOOGLE CS4HS ScratchEd Online Course for Educators Six week online course beginning June 3, 2013
Scratch Ed Community • Navigating the ScratchEd Website • Search by Content and/or Level • Share Lesson Plans • Creative Computing Curriculum Guide (Fall 2011) • Standards Based Lesson Plans e.g. Orange Square – Purple Circle Assignment
Scratch and Scratch 2.0 Community • Scratch 1.4 • 1,499,858 registered members • 448,242 project creators • 3,246,190 projects • That's a lot of Scratch-ing! • Scratch 2.0 • Beta launched Jan 25, 2013 • Fully web-based application • Many new features • Out of Beta May 1 (we hope)
Age of Scratchers 13-16 years old
Sources Broadcast/Receive Scratch project by R. G. for Introduction to Programming, assignment submitted Fall 2013 to Mrs. Ferranti Creative Computing Resources Scratch Blocks, image, retrieved from http://scratched.media.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Creative%20Computing%20Resources.pdf April 9, 2013. Orange Square, Purple Circle Scratch project by T. B. for Introduction to Programming assignment submitted Spring 2012 to Mrs. Ferranti Orange Square, Purple Circle Scratch project by I.L. for Introduction to Programming assignment submitted Spring 2012 to Mrs. Ferranti Reflections on Scratch Educator Meetup @ MIT: Saturday, February 19, 2011, video, retrieved from http://scratched.media.mit.edu/discussions/scratch-educator-meetups/reflections-scratch-educator-meetup-mit-saturday-february-19-20 April 9, 2013. Scratch 2.0 website project thumbnails, images, retrieved from http://beta.scratch.mit.edu/ April 10, 2013. Statistics about the Scratch Online Community, data, retrieved from http://stats.scratch.mit.edu/community/ April 9, 2013.