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Four Questions About Scratch: January 2011 Webinar

Contributed by Karen Brennan, January 25, 2011
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.

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Comments
Donna LeBlanc
Member
April 04, 2014
 I am just beginning with Scratch.   I teach 3rd graders who were very interested in "Hour of Code" and have continued with code.org and nclab.  I want to introduce Scratch but am not allowed to use any programs that require email addresses.  Is there a way that I can create usernames/passwords for students under my account?

Thanks,
Donna LeBlanc
donna.leblanc@hcps.org
Michelle Choi
Member
April 08, 2014
Hi Donna,

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

M
Karen Brennan
Member
January 26, 2011

Here's a link to the Scratch experimental viewer mentioned in the Q&A - http://scratch.mit.edu/experimental