Make It Fly Workshop Guide

1. MAKE IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE MAKE IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE EDUCATORGUIDE Make ItFly WorkshopOverview Here’s a suggested agenda fora one-hourworkshop: With this guide, you can plan andlead a one-hour workshop usingScratch. Participants will choose a characterand program it tofly. First, gather as a groupto introduce the theme and sparkideas. IMAGINE 10minutes Next, help participants as they create a flyinganimation, 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 IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE MAKE IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE 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 It Fly tutorial shows participants how to create their own projects. Preview thetutorial before your workshop and try the first few steps: scratch.mit.edu/fly Warm-up Activity: If I CouldFly... Gather the group in a circle and ask, “If you could fly, where would you want to go?” Suggest that they close their eyes and imagine flying through their favorite place. Ask, “Where are you? What kinds of things do you see below you?” If there’s time, have each person say where they imagined flying or something they saw on theirflight. Print the ActivityCards Print a few sets of Make It Fly cardsto have available for participants during the workshop. scratch.mit.edu/fly/cards Provide Ideas andInspiration Show the introductory video for the Make It Fly tutorial. The video shows a variety of projects for ideas andinspiration. Make sure participants have Scratchaccounts Participants can sign up for their own Scratch accounts at scratch.mit.edu, or you can set up student accounts if you have a Teacher Account. To request a Teacher Account, go to: scratch.mit.edu/educators Set up computers orlaptops Arrange computers so that participants can work individually or inpairs. Set up a computer with projector or largemonitor You can use a projector to show examples and demonstrate how to getstarted. View at scratch.mit.edu/fly or vimeo.com/llk/fly 3 4 SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go

3. MAKE IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE MAKE IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE Create Support participants as theymake a flyinganimation. 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, clickCreate. Choose a flying sprite from thelibrary: Where will your character goflying? What characterwould you like to makefly? ProvideResources Offer options for gettingstarted Choose a new sprite for your character to flypast: Some participants maywant to follow the online tutorial: scratch.mit.edu/fly Others may want toexplore using the activity cards: scratch.mit.edu/fly/cards Make the building move across the stage tomake your character look like it’sflying: Suggest Ideas forStarting • Choose acharacter • Make thecharacter saysomething • Choose buildings or otherscenery • Make the scenerymove 5 6 SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go SCRATCH EDUCATOR GUIDE •scratch.mit.edu/go

4. MAKE IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE MAKE IT FLY / EDUCATORGUIDE Share Share projects with others in the room. Organize a flying character showcase. Ask half the room show their projects, while the others view them. Thenswitch. SHARE CREATE More Things toTry • Switch costumes to change thescenery. • Make your character move whenyou press akey. • Add clouds and other floatingobjects. • Collect points when touching anobject. Suggest that they ask each other questions, suchas: What do you like bestabout the project youmade? What might you liketo change or makenext? EncourageDebugging • Here are some strategies to suggest to help participants fix any bugs or difficulties theyencounter: • When stuck, talk out what you’re working on withsomeone. • Try out small bits of code at a time to figure out what’shappening at eachstep. • Look closely at the blocks on the tutorial or activity cards to seeif they are the same or different from the blocks you’reusing. • Remember that bugs always arise when creating a computer program. Debugging is a helpful skill to know not just incoding, but throughoutlife. What’sNext? Participants can use the ideas and concepts from this workshop to create other projects. Here are a couple of variations on the flying character project you couldsuggest. Prepare toShare To add instructions andcredits to a project, click the button: “See projectpage”. FlyingGame Make a game where you avoid some objects and try to catch others. Addor subtract points basedon what your charactertouches. FlyingStories Tell a story about your flying characters. You can record your voice and play sound clips. Or, use say blocks to make voicebubbles. 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