In this kickoff webinar, we shared our perspectives on the what, how, and why of Scratch.
- Original Author: Karen Brennan, Mitch Resnick, Webinar Participants
- Education Level: College and University, Professional Development, Other
- Content Types: Audio and Video, Presentation, Other, Website, Advocacy Material
- Curricular Areas: Teacher Education, Technology, Other
- Keywords: overview, computational thinking, Design-based learning, scratched webinar
In this webinar, we discuss four questions about Scratch:
- What is Scratch?
- What is good Scratch?
- What is Scratch good for?
- How do different people think about these questions?
We share a collection of Scratch projects across disciplines, describe a design-based approach to learning, and outline our framing of computational thinking.
The slides are attached below.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post them as a comment here.
We hope to see you at the next webinar on Monday, February 28 -- hosting a Scratch Day event.
Thanks,
Donna LeBlanc
donna.leblanc@hcps.org
You might be interested in this discussion thread about creating multiple Scratch accounts. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/discussions/how-do-i/scratch-accounts-classroom-use
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Here's a link to the Scratch experimental viewer mentioned in the Q&A - http://scratch.mit.edu/experimental