Unit 1. Introduction to Scratch
- Sign up for Scratch here:
When you sign up a new account for this class, please do not use any account names that will identify yourself such as your real names, school name, contact information or student ID numbers.
- What is your Scratch account username?
- What is a hint to help you remember your password? How would you describe Scratch to a friend?
- Write or sketch ideas for three different Scratch projects you are interested in creating.
Before we get into Scratch, we will do a short survey about how you interact with computers.
CAN YOU MAKE THE SCRATCH CAT DO SOMETHING SURPRISING?
In our first activity, you will create a new project with Scratch and explore different Scratch blocks to make the cat do something surprising!
- Go to the Scratch website: http://scratch.mit.edu
- Sign into your account.
- Click on the “Create” tab located at the top left of the browser to start a new project.
- Time to explore! Try clicking on different parts of the Scratch interface to see what happens.
- Drag and drop Scratch blocks into the scripting area. Experiment by clicking on each block to see what they do or try snapping blocks together.
Wrap up! Share your project!
- Click Share button on the top of the page.
- Click on +add to studio button at the bottom of the page
- Choose 2023 summer code camp.
- Click okay
Wrap-up: Show your project
- click on your account name at the top right of the page.
- Select My Class
- Click on Class Studios – 2023 summer code camp
- Check out your friends’ projects!
