I was first introduced to Scratch about a year ago. I have not really had the time to play with it and see what it can do. I recently was reminded of it while attending Alan November’s Building Learning Communities 10 conference in Boston. I decided to download it and give it a try.
I am very happy to say that it is very easy to use. It basically is an “integrated development environment” like you would find using Visual Studio. HOWEVER it is EXTREMELY rudimentary and designed for young people. AND it is FREE! You are not going to develop the next big Windows app with it BUT you will learn about programming and object based coding.
I worked through a couple of tutorials and in about 30 minutes of “playing” I was able to code and upload the following:
(To view it click on the “green flag” in the upper right hand corner)
As you can see it is just a very basic little "movie" like presentation. However I do suggest that you check the website, it is amazing what some students are doing with this program! I used the embed code generated to place it here.
Below I used the “html” generated code to embed it in the blog. You need to click on it and it will take you to the website where you can view it:
I hope you take the time to look into this valuable free application!!
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