Friday, November 4, 2016

9/2 Scratch in the classroom


The scratch experience is very fun and fairly intuitive. A lot of command blocks are very easy to understand, while some of them are not self-explanatory and needed some programming logics to understand and use them. I really like the command blocks which can be plugin by each other. The color codes represent the functionalities, and the shapes also serve as cues for users to play around.
Scratch is great for all student levels. Instructors who have basic programming knowledge are needed to guide students at the beginning, and answer all the questions and help those who are struggling.

Scratch can be used as a great to for designing interactive art. It allows students to upload their own images and they can easily add elements to make it interactive.

Scratch creates nearly endless possibilities for learners to explore, game, film, instrument. Students can create whatever is interested to them and share them with others. The most fun part is, Scratch makes art making process very engaging and collaboration happen very easily. Students can test out each others’ projects and keep build based on them.

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