Day 1 of a two-day course in the Educational Technology Department at San Diego State University.

1. Scratch:
A Constructivist
Learning Environment
for Children
Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University
Saturday, February 14, 2009

2. Course Goals
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3. Course Goals
Explain the benefits of and techniques
for teaching programming concepts to
children and adolescents;
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4. Course Goals
Explain the benefits of and techniques
for teaching programming concepts to
children and adolescents;
Create interactive multimedia using
Scratch;
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5. Course Goals
Explain the benefits of and techniques
for teaching programming concepts to
children and adolescents;
Create interactive multimedia using
Scratch;
Create a lesson plan that describes an
environment for constructivist learning
using Scratch.
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6. Saturday, February 14, 2009

7. Let’s start with
YOU
What’s Your
Programming
Background?
...if any.
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8. Why Teach
Programming?
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9. If you’re a programmer, you’re competing globally for work
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10. If you’re a programmer, you’re competing globally for work
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11. If you’re a programmer, you’re competing globally for work
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12. Village kids are
doing it...
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13. AP CS Over Time
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14. AP CS Over Time
Before 1999 - Pascal
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15. AP CS Over Time
Before 1999 - Pascal
1999-2003 - C++
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16. AP CS Over Time
Before 1999 - Pascal
1999-2003 - C++
2003 to present - Java
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17. Other First
Languages
Logo
Python
Scheme
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18. Important Concepts
Sequential Boolean
processing logic
Conditional Interface
logic design
Variables Event
handling
Iteration
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19. The Scratch
IDE
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20. Saturday, February 14, 2009

21. Code block area
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22. Code block area
Sprite area
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23. Code block area
Sprite area
Sprite list
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24. Stage
Code block area
Sprite area
Sprite list
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25. Your First
Program
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26. Saturday, February 14, 2009

27. Saturday, February 14, 2009

28. Beyond Hello
World
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29. Make the script happen when
you click the green flag
Repeat it 10 times
Add some motion
Add some appearance
changes
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30. Exploration
Time
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31. Saturday, February 14, 2009

32. Lunch
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33. Mind Buzzing?
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34. A Challenge
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35. Create this:
A desert or ocean scene
A UFO comes in from the
left and hovers near the
right side of the screen
while making a UFO noise
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36. One more thing...
If you put your mouse cursor
on the right side the screen,
the UFO zips over the left.
And vice versa.
And makes a different sound
while zipping.
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37. One more thing...
If you put your mouse cursor
on the right side the screen,
the UFO zips over the left.
And vice versa.
And makes a different sound
while zipping.
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38. One more thing...
If you put your mouse cursor
on the right side the screen,
the UFO zips over the left.
And vice versa.
And makes a different sound
while zipping.
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39. One more thing...
If you put your mouse cursor
on the right side the screen,
the UFO zips over the left.
And vice versa.
And makes a different sound
while zipping.
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40. One more thing...
If you put your mouse cursor
on the right side the screen,
the UFO zips over the left.
And vice versa.
And makes a different sound
while zipping.
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41. What are the
building
blocks?
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42. Sprites can...
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43. Sprites can...
Change
costumes
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44. Sprites can...
Change
costumes
Move
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45. Sprites can...
Change
costumes
Move
Disappear
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46. Sprites can...
Change
costumes
Move
Disappear
Grow and
shrink
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47. Sprites can...
Change
costumes
Move
Disappear
Grow and
shrink
Speak
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48. Sprites can...
Change Change
costumes color
Move
Disappear
Grow and
shrink
Speak
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49. Sprites can...
Change Change
costumes color
Move Be distorted
Disappear
Grow and
shrink
Speak
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50. Sprites can...
Change Change
costumes color
Move Be distorted
Disappear Follow the
cursor
Grow and
shrink
Speak
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51. Sprites can...
Change Change
costumes color
Move Be distorted
Disappear Follow the
cursor
Grow and
shrink Notice other
sprites
Speak
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52. Sprites can...
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53. Sprites can...
Play
music...
whole tunes
or single
notes
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54. Sprites can...
Play
music...
whole tunes
or single
notes
Draw lines
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55. Sprites can...
Play Respond to
music... keys
whole tunes pressed or
or single mouse
notes actions
Draw lines
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56. Sprites can...
Play Respond to
music... keys
whole tunes pressed or
or single mouse
notes actions
Draw lines Respond to
sound
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57. Sprites can...
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58. Sprites can...
Respond to
their
location
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59. Sprites can...
Respond to
their
location
Respond to
a timer
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60. Sprites can...
Respond to Respond to
their the color on
location the stage
they’re on
Respond to
a timer
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61. So What Can
We Build?
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62. Scratch Makes
Stories Adventure
games
Interactive
art pieces Simulations
MTV Math or
physics
Arcade
sandboxes
games
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63. What Could You Do In...?
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64. What Could You Do In...?
Foreign Language
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65. What Could You Do In...?
Foreign Language
Health
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66. What Could You Do In...?
Foreign Language
Health
Creative Writing
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67. What Could You Do In...?
Foreign Language
Health
Creative Writing
History
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68. http://scratch.mit.edu
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69. Final Project
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70. Final Project
A document for teachers
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71. Final Project
A document for teachers
A Scratch environment, unfinished
Sprites
Scripts
Sounds
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72. Final Project
A document for teachers
A Scratch environment, unfinished
Sprites
Scripts
Sounds
A sample program as might be
made by a student
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73. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/
edtec700/scratch/
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