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Scratch

By // May 18, 2007, 2:51 AM PST

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  • Two submenus of available functions

    by Christopher Dawson

    View this gallery of screenshots from Scratch application (MIT Labs).

    Students drag and drop bits of code into a scripting area; they can modify certain parameters of many of the functions.

  • Two views of the control submenu

    These functions all control script execution (loops, if-then statements, etc.)

  • Premade sprites

    Students can choose from countless built-in sprites or they can make their own.

  • Image editor

    If you've ever used paint, this will look very familiar.

  • Screen shot from one student's project

    Students were asked to have their sprite move up and down the stairs.

  • A different approach

    Students could get very sophisticated or take a simpler approach, depending on their level of interest and aptitude.

  • These sprites actually do battle!

    Some students just couldn't resist making it a video game

Two submenus of available functions

by Christopher Dawson

View this gallery of screenshots from Scratch application (MIT Labs).

Students drag and drop bits of code into a scripting area; they can modify certain parameters of many of the functions.

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