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Learning from Scratch

Pete BensonU of Michigan School of Ed, Secondary MAC

Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellow

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What is Scratch?

•http://scratch.mit.edu

•platform for writing stories, games, simulations, and more generally, learning to program

•think LEGO for programming computers

•simple, but not simplistic

•free, 100% browser-based, projects stored in cloud, large community built around sharing

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Who might use it?

•Across the curriculum: art, music, science, math, humanities

•After school programs in the media center

•students (or teachers) create apps in a browser

•K-14

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Poll: what do you do?

A.elementary teacher

B.middle/high school teacher

C.media specialist

D.teacher educator

E.other

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What you will see

•tutorial: drawing editor

•tutorial: script editor

•building apps

•demos of existing apps

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Demo/tutorial: Storybook

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Tutorial: drawing editor

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Demo/tutorial: The tennis ball

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Tutorial: Video motion

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Tutorial: Turtle graphics

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Overview: script editor

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Demo: At the races

http://www.mrbenson.org/uniform-motion/

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Demo: Billiards

http://www.mrbenson.org/billiards-table-simulation/

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Example: Ramp Jump

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Example: Radioactive

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Tutorial: Bouncing off the walls

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Tutorial: Vehicle on a track

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Share and remix...

...is what Scratch is all about.

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Questions?

•pbenson@umich.edu

•http://mrbenson.org/4t2013