Scratch Day
Today was the second time I worked with Scratch. The first time was a very quick overview of Scratch jr. with Sandra McAuley. Today we worked with Scratch on the computer and I had a ball creating my own little story. I feel like I will need a lot more time to explore and create in the program before I am comfortable teaching this to my students. I did learn many new coding directions that I could give my avatar. I even ventured into the extension that allows you to create music. This was very intuitive and I felt that I could really create an elaborate piece of music using the program. The activity we did today would be a great literacy/ADST project for my class. Click the link below to see my first Scratch creation!
My wheels are definitely turning with regards to Scratch and how I can be using this with students. I am looking forward to doing more research and thinking about how I can create literacy/ADST projects.
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/417188081
We did some coding with Lego We Do as well today. I like that there is an option to use Lego software or Scratch with the Lego We Do. I think I was more comfortable with Scratch but I can see how the Lego software would be great for younger students. I also like all of the lesson plans and ideas that are provided in the Lego We Do app. I am looking forward to delving deeper into this tool for coding.