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 …….
Hi Mrs p,
I’m amazed you haven’t got 100 comments on 1 post because all your posts are interesting. Scratch is soo much fun and is easy to understand so you figure it out in NO TIME! I think your blog is very interesting and will attract alot of attention, good attention 😉
Ta-Ta
Mikhaila 🙂