Scratch
In honor of National Computer Science Week (Dec. 8-14), we are going to spend a few days learning programming. Below is a video describing Scratch and 2 tutorials/assignments using Scratch. Read and follow the directions below.
1. Watch the video below to learn what Scratch can do.
Scratch Overview Video from ScratchEd on Vimeo.
2. Go to Scratch (click) and create an account by clicking in the "Join Now" link in the upper right corner. Use a school appropriate user name, but not your real name. Use your school password for the password. Write down your user name in a Word doc. or in your agenda.
3. Project #1 - Learning the Basics
Click on the image to the right to complete your first project.
You will click on the links at the right of the page (under Getting Started) to make the cat dance. Follow the instructions and click NEXT at the bottom of each section. Click Start Moving to begin. Stop after you add the last sprite. Do NOT share your project.
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4. Project #2 - Hour of Code
Click the image below and choose one of the 3 projects. You may do more than one if you want.