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Scratch Tutorials from EXPO for Excellence Magnet Elementary School

Contributed by Ashley Lee, November 10, 2009
Fun video tutorials created by elementary school kids!
  • Original Author: Students at EXPO for Excellence Magnet Elementary School, Karen Randall
  • Education Level: Elementary School
  • Content Types: Audio and Video, Tutorial, Website, Advocacy Material
  • Curricular Areas: Computer Science, Language Arts, Technology
  • Keywords: beginner, podcast, case study, journal article

Students at EXPO Elementary School in St. Paul, MN were beta testers for Scratch. Subsequently as part of their expository writing project, they created a series of 12 short video tutorials on Scratch. The tutorials, narrated by the students themselves, cover the basics of working with Scratch:

  • making buttons
  • making backgrounds
  • open and save
  • using a starting block
  • setting a position
  • hide and show
  • repeat
  • drawing a sprite
  • changing costumes
  • broadcast
  • using "Say"
  • using "Pen."

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Resource Files
Links: 
Scratch Video Tutorials
"Coding (and Consulting) Kid-style with Scratch"
Audio: Elementary School Students Respond to Programming in Scratch
Comments
Ashley Lee
Member
October 16, 2009

Hi Karen--I was so impressed by what your students had accomplished, and excited to see how you were experimenting with interdisciplinary approaches to arts and science. Thanks for making the videos available to the public!

Karen Randall
Member
October 16, 2009

Wow, how neat to see that other people are accessing this project!  Thank you for making my day,

Karen R.