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Scratch Programming

This document provides an overview of websites, resources, books, videos, and hardware that can be used to learn about and teach Scratch programming. It lists several Scratch programming websites including the main Scratch site and sites with tutorials, projects, lessons, and forums. It also lists books on Scratch programming for teens and beginners. Videos on Scratch programming are available on YouTube. The document describes the Picoboard hardware that can be used to connect physical sensors and inputs to Scratch projects.
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Scratch Programming

This document provides an overview of websites, resources, books, videos, and hardware that can be used to learn about and teach Scratch programming. It lists several Scratch programming websites including the main Scratch site and sites with tutorials, projects, lessons, and forums. It also lists books on Scratch programming for teens and beginners. Videos on Scratch programming are available on YouTube. The document describes the Picoboard hardware that can be used to connect physical sensors and inputs to Scratch projects.
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SCRATCH Programming

5/16/2012

Websites , Resources, Books , Videos and Picoboard.

Websites
CS4HS Computer Science for High Schools
Information from College of St. Scholastica
http://css.edu/Academics/School-of-Education/Prospective-SOE-Graduate-Students/ProfessionalDevelopment-%28CEUs%29/CS4HS.html
CREATIVE COMPUTING
Cultivating computational thinking and computational creativity in the classroom
http://cs4hs.media.mit.edu/
Scratch
Main page from MIT
Download
Newest Version 1.4 (For Windows, Mac and Ubuntu)
Older Version 1.3.1 and 1.2.1 (Version 1.2.1 is compatible with Windows 98)
Projects Galleries
Support (Has information about using Scratch Sensor Board and Lego We-Do robotic kit)
Login or Signup for an account
www.scratch.mit.edu
Getting Started with Scratch
From MIT
1. Download
2. Install and launch Scratch
3. First Project (Getting started guide See Resources , it is a PDF Files)
4. Sign up for an account on the Website.
5. Share projects
6. Check your projects
7. Download others projects and see their code
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Support/Get_Started
Google CS4HS - Computer Science for High School
(Information about CS4HS from Google)
http://www.cs4hs.com/
CS4HS (University of Northern Iowa)
Lecture Videos
http://www.cs.uni.edu/connections/cs4hs/schedule.htm
Learn how to use Scratch.
Video courses (74 lessons) in English and Spanish
Resources with Lesson Plans
http://learnscratch.org/

Lot of resources:
Books for Teaching Computer Programming
How to teach children programming
Teach kids Alice, Greenfoot, Python, Jave and Reblox. Programming.
http://www.kidslike.info/scratch_computer_programming_tutorials?op0=contains&filter0=scratch
Scratch Projects
Lesson plan
Download Scratch CD
Projects
Videos showing how to make different projects
http://scratch.redware.com/view/projects
Scratch Programming;
Angry Birds, Pong-Style game, Race Car, Etch-a-Sketch.
Lego We-Do and Scratch with videos showing what the kits can do.
http://simonhaughton.typepad.com/ict/scratch-programming/
Scratch Forum
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=20858
ScratchEd
Online community where Scratch educators can:
Share stories, exchange resources, ask questions find people.
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/
Nebo Elementary School, Department of Fine Arts
37 projects with codes and step by step instructions
http://nebomusic.net/scratch.html
Project ViSA Modules - Visualization and Simulation Academy
http://mentalarcade.com/visa/index.html Home
http://mentalarcade.com/visa/scratch.html Scratch page
Scratch Tutorial
Scratch 2.0 Update
http://www.scratchguide.com/
Scratch How-to
Connect a PicoBoard on Linux
Run Scratch from Flash Drives
Animated Dragon in Scratch
http://www.scratchguide.com/category/scratch-how-to/
Resources:
Getting started with Scratch
Version 1.4 (PDF file, 14 pages)
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/sites/infoscratch.media.mit.edu/docs/ScratchGettingStartedv14.pdf

Resources (PDF file, 5 pages)


Ideas, approaches, and activities for cultivating computational thinking and computational creativity in your classroom

http://scratched.media.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Creative%20Computing%20Resources.pdf

Videos
Scratch Lesson 1 of 10
Youtube videos
Search Scratch programming to find more Scratch Youtube videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi9ooZcBBWg
In Youtube
In the search block type Scratch Programming and look at all the options that show.

Books
Scratch Programming for Teens
Jerry Lee Ford.
June 25, 2005.
ISBN-10: 1598635360
ISBN-13: 978-159-8635362
Scratch 1.4: Beginners Guide
Michael Badger.
July 17, 2009.
ISBN-10: 1847196764
ISBN-13: 978-1847196767
Learning to Scratch: A beginners guide to programming with Scratch 1.4
Tannis Calder.
March 27, 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0981158723
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/tannis
Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games
The Lead Project.
July 30, 2012
ISBN-10: 1593274092
ISBN-13: 978-1593274092

Articles
Scratch: Programming for All
Article in Communications of the ACM,| november 2009
http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/Scratch-CACM-final.pdf
Scratch: Programming for Everyone
http://scratch.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/file/view/scratch-cacm.pdf

PicoBoard
wiki.scratch.mit
What is a Picoboard
http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/PicoBoard
Connect real-world sensor to your Scratch projects
Buy a PicoBoard
Set up your Picoboard
Getting started
www.picocricket.com/picoboard.html
Scratch - MIT
Connect real-world sensors to your Scratch Projects
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Sensor_Boards
Sparkfun
Schematic
Eagle Files
Firmware
Product Page
Scratch Homepage
Getting Started
PicoBoard Setup
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10311
ScratchEd
The PicoBoard
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/picoboard
Sciencebuddies
Scratch User Guide: Connecting & Using a Picoboard with Scratch
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/scratch-picoboard.shtml
Picocriket
Getting started with the Picoboard
http://www.picocricket.com/pdfs/Getting_Started_With_PicoBoards.pdf
http://www.picocricket.com/picoboard.html
Youtube
Search Scratch Picoboard in Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEDE53K8Hlk
Extending Scratch with Picoboards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=613w5muM5Bs

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