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First Few Days Scratching …..

August 20, 2007 at 10:53 pm | In Class, Creating, Learning, Scratch, Thinking |

 A few quick observations on trying out Scratch this week in my classroom:

“Can’t see a thing…”

• we all had to find a way around the problem that the screens on the old computers in the classroom are too small
• not all of the Scratch screen is accessible
• kids came up with quick and easy work around  

“I did it my way ……”

• M went to the Scratch site and spent time looking at examples of games and animations to get ideas before she began
• two girls went for the “Getting Started with Scartch” manual we had printed off the website. They didn’t even open it though, just sat on it as they played around
• T sat alone at the back of the room - added sprites, changed background, and played around with sounds

“Looking for backgrounds …..”

• Yell outs: “How do you change….”
• Scuttling for the book/manual  ( me! )
• Admissions - “I did it, but I don’t remember how …….”
• “Try this …..”
• “I think I did this …..”
• “What about ……”
• “Ummmm …………YES!”

“Just a suggestion…..”

• Could we use photos as sprites ….?????
• I want to …..
• Maybe we can …..
• I think it would be good to …..
• What about …..
• Hey, do you think that ……
• Lets try …….