UNIT 0 ACTIVITY
SCRATCH STUDIO OBJECTIVES
By completing this activity, students will:
+ be able to add a project to a studio
SUGGESTED TIME
+ be able to post comments on other Scratch
5–15 MINUTES projects
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION RESOURCES
❑ Scratch Studio handout
❑ Scratch studios are one way to collect and organize
❑ Scratch Surprise studio
Scratch projects online. In this activity, help students
[Link]
understand what studios are and how to add a project
to a studio. Optionally, have the Scratch Studio
handout available to guide students. REFLECTION PROMPTS
❑ First, have students navigate to the Scratch website
and sign in to their accounts. Next, help students find + What are Scratch studios for?
the Scratch Surprise studio or a class studio you’ve + What did you find interesting or inspiring about
created. Then, let students share their Scratch Surprise looking at other projects?
explorations with others by adding their programs to + What two comments did you share?
the studio. + What is “good” feedback?
❑ Encourage students to investigate other projects in the
studio. Invite them to add a comment on the project REVIEWING STUDENT WORK
page of two projects in the collection that they find
particularly interesting or inspiring. Engage the group + Did students successfully add their projects to the
in a discussion about how to give appropriate and studio?
purposeful feedback. + Did students comment appropriately on others’
❑ Ask students to think back on their creative work?
explorations by responding to the reflection prompts
in their design journals or in a group discussion.
NOTES NOTES TO SELF
+ Create your own studio(s) to collect student work. Start ❑ _______________________
a class Scratch Surprise studio using your Scratch
account and then give students the studio link to “turn ❑ _______________________
in” projects. Create one dedicated studio to gather all
class projects or distribute activities across separate ❑ _______________________
studios to track student progress. ❑ _______________________
SCRATCH STUDIO
LEARN HOW TO ADD YOUR PROJECT
TO AN ONLINE SCRATCH STUDIO!
Studios are collections of Scratch projects.
Follow along with the steps below to add
your Scratch Surprise program to the Scratch
Surprise studio on the Scratch website.
START HERE
❑ Go to the Scratch Surprise studio using this link:
[Link]
❑ Sign into your account.
❑ Click on “Add Projects” at the bottom of the page
to show your shared projects, favorite projects,
and recently viewed projects.
❑ Use the arrows to find your Scratch Surprise
project and then click “Add + ” to add your
project to the studio.
UNIT 0 REFLECTION
SCRATCH NAME:
STUDIO RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING REFLECTION PROMPTS
REFLECTIONS
USING THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW OR IN YOUR
DESIGN JOURNAL.
+ What are Scratch studios for?
+ What did you find interesting or inspiring about looking at other projects?
+ What two comments did you share?
+ What is “good” feedback?