Summer Scratch
I am currently teaching in a week long summer program called Got Tech? which is sponsored by the teachers in Educational Technology, part of our Curriculum and Professional Development department.
Students are broken into classes that are focusing on different topics such as video production, podcasting, and blogging. My class is animation and gaming, and we are mainly focused on using MIT’s Scratch.
So far, the kids have really taken to it, and several are getting very creative and exploring some more complicated script writing. After yesterday’s introduction to the program, students remixed games today. Intellectually, it’s been challenging for the teachers! We are using video tutorials, Google, and trial and error just like the students are to achieve the project goals students are setting for themselves (many of which change throughout the course of the day).
Here is a look at our course outline and schedule for the week. If you have to do a crash course in Scratch, this might be a handy guide.
We’re still learning, of course…
