Independent Project Spotlight: Thomas
6th grade student Thomas recently finished an interactive animation using Scratch, a free application that introduces programming. Use the space bar to begin and the arrow keys to interact with this cool creation:
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Scratch Lab Lunches
As the weather turns colder (22 Degrees F this morning!) some students are opting to eat lunch indoors. A group of 6th graders have organized a Scratch Lab Lunch series – Tuesdays upstairs. Today was our largest showing yet…5 students worked on various personal projects. One team conceived and executed a brand new game, available [...]
Scratch re-runs!
6th graders are excited about Scratch! After last week’s introduction to this amazingly free 2-D animation software students demand more time to get to know the ins and outs of programming. This week we looked at a specific type of script – the logic statement (also sometimes referred to as an if-then-else statement). We started [...]
Scratch your brain
The 6th grade makes magic happen with an introduction to Scratch – a free introduction to programming from MIT. This amazing program lets users create animations and games without writing code. The interface is much like a play or musical. Every actor (sprite) needs a script to follow, a costume to wear and a stage [...]
Venn in Rome…
Classes split themselves into 2 groups on Tuesday… One group used the time to catch up on Venn diagrams. We learned to visually diagram Boolean terms using Venn diagrams. The other group got to watch a new Discovery Channel show called “Prototype This!” which can be watched online for free. Wednesday we took a review [...]
Logic & Boolean = sweet!
After a quick review of if/then/else logic statements, we tried to visually represent Boolean operators using Venn diagrams. Using the whiteboard, we drew the relationship between snowboarders and skiiers in the class. We learned that: 14 students ski 4 students snowboard 1 student doesn’t ski or snowboard Using Boolean operators, we examined our data and [...]
IF you want fun, THEN Scratch!
Note to parents: TYPING DELAYED UNTIL NEXT WEEK This week we got wrapped up in an introduction to programming – there are so many exciting discoveries that the 6th grade voted to delay typing to the week of October 6th. Scratch is an open-source introduction to programming and animation created by MIT. The interface is [...]
More Boolean
Taking Boolean operators to the next level this week: students began using AND, OR & NOT in conjunction with IF/THEN/ELSE statements to make complex programs in Scratch. Examples will be posted when projects are complete. We also took some time to try adding parentheses to our Boolean statements and examine the effects. For example: (4 [...]
Boolean operators
Today we began working with Boolean operators, a new concept that ties in nicely with our earlier work on Venn diagrams, sets/subsets and programming. Isabel defined Boolean operators as “a way of constructing your research question and finding the connections between your research terms. also connection between words and phrases.” Almost everyone knew the 3 [...]
Scratch Game goes live
8th grade student Sinclair just released his first video game, created using Scratch. Players can choose to play the game in easy, medium or hard mode. Every game gets more difficult as the score increases. Backgrounds change colors, there are sounds when you intersect the goals or obstacles and the baddies move faster the longer [...]
It’s Scratch Fever!
January 16, 2008 - 10:56 pm
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One week back to school and it is official – students love programming! Every break, every free moment in the tech lab involves one or more sessions of Scratch an open-source, totally free introduction to programming games and animations. So far students have used the program to create fractalized art work, tell stories and introduce [...]
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March 22, 2010 - 11:05 am
WOW so much fun to watch, and so well done! Way to go Thomas!
March 22, 2010 - 4:04 pm
Niiiicccceee!!!! So cool, T. Love it!
March 22, 2010 - 4:21 pm
I mean HEy DUde, when will you do a gig for us, eh? That’s COOOOL… Really really COOOOOOL!!
March 22, 2010 - 6:33 pm
What a cool creation, Thomas! That little cat dude ROCKS!!!
March 29, 2010 - 9:24 am
Thomas, What a great animation. Those cats can really jam. Thanks.