SCRATCH Programming
5/16/2012
Websites , Resources, Books , Videos and Picoboard.
Websites
CS4HS Computer Science for High Schools
Information from College of St. Scholastica
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CREATIVE COMPUTING
Cultivating computational thinking and computational creativity in the classroom
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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
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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
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Google CS4HS - Computer Science for High School
(Information about CS4HS from Google)
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CS4HS (University of Northern Iowa)
Lecture Videos
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Learn how to use Scratch.
Video courses (74 lessons) in English and Spanish
Resources with Lesson Plans
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Lot of resources:
Books for Teaching Computer Programming
How to teach children programming
Teach kids Alice, Greenfoot, Python, Jave and Reblox. Programming.
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Scratch Projects
Lesson plan
Download Scratch CD
Projects
Videos showing how to make different projects
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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.
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Scratch Forum
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ScratchEd
Online community where Scratch educators can:
Share stories, exchange resources, ask questions find people.
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Nebo Elementary School, Department of Fine Arts
37 projects with codes and step by step instructions
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Project ViSA Modules - Visualization and Simulation Academy
[Link] Home
[Link] Scratch page
Scratch Tutorial
Scratch 2.0 Update
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Scratch How-to
Connect a PicoBoard on Linux
Run Scratch from Flash Drives
Animated Dragon in Scratch
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Resources:
Getting started with Scratch
Version 1.4 (PDF file, 14 pages)
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Resources (PDF file, 5 pages)
Ideas, approaches, and activities for cultivating computational thinking and computational creativity in your classroom
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Videos
Scratch Lesson 1 of 10
Youtube videos
Search Scratch programming to find more Scratch Youtube videos
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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
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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
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Scratch: Programming for Everyone
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PicoBoard
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What is a Picoboard
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Connect real-world sensor to your Scratch projects
Buy a PicoBoard
Set up your Picoboard
Getting started
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Scratch - MIT
Connect real-world sensors to your Scratch Projects
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Sparkfun
Schematic
Eagle Files
Firmware
Product Page
Scratch Homepage
Getting Started
PicoBoard Setup
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ScratchEd
The PicoBoard
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Sciencebuddies
Scratch User Guide: Connecting & Using a Picoboard with Scratch
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Picocriket
Getting started with the Picoboard
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Youtube
Search Scratch Picoboard in Youtube
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Extending Scratch with Picoboards
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