Just Scratch'n: A Collaborative Scratch Project

Contributed by ScratchEd Team, May 09, 2011

A concrete artist turned Global Studies high school teacher compiles Scratch resources focusing on collaboration.

Original Author: Michael Kaechele
Education Level: Middle School
Content Types: Activity, Presentation, Website
Curricular Areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, Teacher Education, Technology, Visual Arts, Other
Keywords: Collaboration, wiki, blog, live binder

Michael Kaechele is a concrete artist turned Global Studies teacher at a charter school in Michigan. Through his LiveBinder, personal blog, and school blog, he shares resources for using Scratch for collaborative projects in his classroom and in partnership with another class in Vietnam.

Michael's LiveBinder site includes a tab for Scratch resources such as:

Learnscratch.org
ScratchEd
Scratch Wiki
Scratch Help Screens
Scratch Wikibooks
Online Presentation by Chris Betcher
Scratch Lesson Plans from Classroom2dot0

Michael also shares links to his class materials, including:

Just Scratch'n: A class blog that chronicles a collaboration between Saigon South International School in Ho Chi Minh City and Valleywood Middle School in Kentwood, Michigan.
Michael's Class Wiki Page on Scratch Games
Michael's Class Scratch User Page

You can also follow Michael on his personal blog: Concrete Classroom.

Links:

Just Scratch'n: A Collaborative Scratch Project

Valley Wood Tech: Michael Kaechele's Class Site

Scratch Games: Michael's Class Scratch Page

Relate, Collaborate, Create: Michael Kaechele's LiveBinder site

Concrete Classroom: Michael Kaechele's Personal Blog

Just Scratch'n: A Collaborative Scratch Project

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