Sabrina Sutliff-Gross - Science Museum of MN
Sabrina coordinates and teaches workshops for youth that integrate technology and art in Learning Technologies. She also plans and implements learning opportunities for adults including the NISE Net fora, adult classes, and workshops. She earned her B.F.A. in drawing, with a focus in scientific illustration, and her master's of education in art at the University of Minnesota.
Developed by the MIT Media Lab for after school centers, Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. The Science Museum of MN’s Learning Technology Center uses Scratch for classes and workshops, and with schools and partners. It is also testing prototypes of the Scratch sensor board; a circuit board to connect analog and digital sensors to the Scratch program.
In this demonstration, the instructor will introduce Scratch and lead participants through a guided activity that enables them to get comfortable with the software. Participants will learn how to make animation and explore examples.
Notes
- Free, downloadable, designed by MIT
- media programming env't
- Blocks of code are linked together to create different programs
- Different data types of codes have different shapes to fit together in the correct syntax
- Design and manipulate objects (sprites), control how they interact with each other
Creating
- Can import jpg, gif, png, MP3
- Sprites - objects on the screen
- Double click the sprite in the work space to edit the code commands
- Code commands are meant to fit together.
- Drag code in or out to add or delete
- Code Options
- Motion - move, spin ...
- Looks - color, size ...
- Sounds - imported or a few built in
- Pen - to control a drawing pen on the screen
- Control - If statements, when (this is sensed) statements
- Sensing - when the mouse is in a position, when attached sensors are tripped
- Numbers - calculations or entering values
- Variables - to alter or make changes
- Scratch Board - input device in beta testing
- slider switch
- button
- proximity sensor
- sound sensor
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