Tina Majchrzak

Your Hosts

Alex Ambrioso, Samwise Majchrzak, and Tina Majchrzak (Dr. M)

Do you need to know how to program a computer?

What do Chris Bosh and will.i.am think (shorter version)?  View full presentation.  Let’s change the world together!

Scratch

Scratch is a programming environment developed at MIT for 8-16 year olds. Some colleges, such as Harvard and Berkeley, are using it to introduce their students to computer science. With the snap together feel of LEGOs, Scratch allows students to learn high level programming concepts such as loops, conditionals, variables, and events, while eliminating the need to struggle with syntax.

Write Your Program

• Go to the online Scratch editor, create an account, and take your first steps
  • Animate your name – example animations by Alex and how to cards
  • Create an adventure game

• Explore some more
  • Alter Sierpinski’s Triangle Divide by 3 instead of 2
  • Explore and alter the Butterfly Game below
    • Say Ouch! when caught.
    • Stop after one catch.

• Get inspiration from other Scratch projects, and create your own unique program!
  • Alex’s Race Game
  • Sam’s Avoid Dangerous Dogs and Gross Bugs Game and Information Corporation
  • Projects by students
• How will you change the world?!

• Explore a different language at code.org for an hour or longer.

Game goal: Catch butterfly by clicking it more than three times.