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After Hours

Scratch

By mrdatahs May 15, 2007, 9:55 PM PDT

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Scratch

Two submenus of available functions

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.

Scratch

Two views of the control submenu

Two views of the control submenu

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

Scratch

Premade sprites

Premade sprites

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

Scratch

Image editor

Image editor

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

Scratch

Screen shot from one student's project

Screen shot from one student's project

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

Scratch

A different approach

A different approach

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

Scratch

These sprites actually do battle!

These sprites actually do battle!

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

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