Scratch

=Scratch=

====**What is Scratch?** Scratch allows students and teachers to create and share their own interactive stories, games, music, and art. Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab.====

**Let's get Started!**
To get started with Scratch you may want to begin with the Scratch Cards which will guide you step by step creating interactive scenes. Scratch cards can be printed and used as a guide to allow practice making animated images.

Characters are called Sprites. The option is given to create your own Sprite. It is more efficient to choose from a pre-made Sprite. Another option for making a Sprite is to take a picture of yourself and make a custom Sprite.

Once you have a sprite you may choose building blocks to add animation to your Sprite by using the controls in the upper left corner which are color coded. When you click on a building block the color code actions will appear to the right and then you may build your Sprite's actions. The building blocks allow the Sprite to interact in its environment. The sound option allows you to choose from collections of sounds or a custom recording of your own voice or sound.



@http://scratched.media.mit.edu/ - a new online community where Scratch educators share stories, exchange resources, ask questions, and find people. @http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/getting-started-guide - Scratch Getting Started Guide @http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Support/Reference_Guide_1.4 - Scratch Reference Guide @http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Support/Scratch_Cards - Scratch Quick Classroom Reference Cards. View, print, laminate them for classroom use. @http://wiki.classroom20.com/Scratch - Scratch page at the Classroom 2.0 Wiki. @http://wiki.classroom20.com/Scratch+Lesson+Plans - A collection of Scratch Lesson Plans contributed by other educators currently using Scratch. @http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Sensor_Boards - Information about sensor boards and sensors for use with Scratch. @http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Research - Scratch related research articles and papers. @http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/wedoscratch-miniguide - Lego WeDo Scratch Mini Guide @http://infor.scratch.mit.edu/LEGO_Minifig_costumes - Lego MiniFig collection for use in Scratch
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