Name Change - Teach Scratch
After discovering that there was another site called Learn Scratch, I have decided to rename this site Teach Scratch.
The new URL is teachscratch.com and you will also be able to find the site at teachscratch.co.uk.
The learnscratch.co.uk URL will remain active for now, to ensure that any book marked pages and links still work.
Sharing and Embedding Your Scratch Projects
This tutorial shows you how to upload your projects to the Scratch website and also how to embed them on your website or blog.
You will need to sign up for the the Scratch Website before following this tutorial.
Simple Maze Game
This tutorial builds on the Keyboard Control and Costume Changes tutorial.
By the end you will have used conditional statements to create a simple maze game with obstacles and a target.
This is what we will be making:
Keyboard Control and Costume Changes
This tutorial will show you how to use if statements, the forever loop and sensing to move an object around the screen using the keyboard.
This is important because giving your user control over the objects on the screen is a first step towards game design.
This is what we will be making. Use the arrow keys to move the object around the screen:
Scratch 2.0
I am so excited about this!
Some of the new features sound as though they will take Scratch to the next level.
I'm especially enthusiastic about the program blocks (like procedures/functions/methods), sprite cloning and cloud based data.
Changing and Animating Backgrounds
This tutorial shows you how to change, animate and manage different backgrounds in Scratch.
It shows you how to draw your own backgrounds, or import backgrounds that you have prepared outside of Scratch (including photos).
As always, the project file is available to download.
Mitch Resnick - Learning From Scratch
Mitchel Resnick's Lifelong Kindergarten research group developed the ideas and technologies underlying the LEGO Mindstorms robotic kits and the Scratch programming software used by millions of young people around the world. With these technologies, young people learn to design, create, experiment, and invent with new technologies, not merely browse, chat, and interact. Mitch's ideas and work are now at the centre of the debate about the curriculum for ICT in schools. Should children simply learn to use standard applications and games, or should they also have the opportunity to become creators?
Basic Animation
This tutorial will take you through building your first Scratch animation. It's basic but will hopefully offer you a glimpse into what is possible when using Scratch as an animation tool.
I've used the context of a short French conversation, but the possibilities are endless.
You can download the project file.
Guided Tour and Basic Commands
This tutorial will introduce you to the features of the Scratch interface and show you the basics of issuing commands and making your objects move, turn and speak.
Installing Scratch
This tutorial will walk you through installing Scratch and running it for the first time.
You can download scratch from http://scratch.mit.edu/.