At the beginning and at the end of the Scratch Club session we sit in a circle and talk about our projects, offer suggestions and support to others in the group.
Weblink to MIT Museum lecture: Rich Wilson speaks about his sitesALIVE! voyage program that I followed with my students NY- Melbourne, Hong Kong to NY, Transat 2004 and Vendee Globe 2008. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/768
Students in grades 4 - 6 were asked to create a space shuttle that would revolve around something in space in commemoration of the last voyage of the space shuttle Discovery. Below is a screencast by a sixth grader who explains his project. This student was new to Scratch in September. He completed some of this during class time. He took it home and worked on it there. He also worked on a section of it during Scratch club after school. http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1673405
Here's a fourth graders Discovery flight project. After viewing Space Shuttle Discovery in space, the students were asked to create a rocket sprite that traveled around in space. I introduced 'point in direction.' This student added the sound of a horn at the end. Learn more about this project
March 24, 2011
I introduced the 'flipbook-like' animations to second graders a few weeks ago. Then I introduced the idea of creating a sprite that moves (we made robots because the space shuttle Discovery has Robonaut2 onboard.) This week I asked students to combine the flipbook animation with the sprite. Some students added text as well.
Thinking of the Children of Japan
I was relieved that Sakari Sensei, his family, and all of his students were safe after the March 11th earthquake in Sendai, Japan. He shared iphone images, text messages and maps so that the students would understand what it was like to be in Sendai after an 8.9 earthquake and tsunami. I wanted to do something for the people in Japan that focused on a new beginning, especially since it was the beginning of spring and the beautiful cherry blossom season. Our Scratch projects themes were 'winter into spring' and rebuilding. Yoshiro Miyata invited us to add these projects to a Scratch gallery that was started by a Japanese student. The student left comments 'Thank you from Japan'..so that my students could see that their projects were viewed and appreciated by students in Japan.
The images for this slideshow (below) were created in Kid Pix by second graders. They exported them (with assistance) into a jpeg file and uploaded them into backgrounds with a wait time. I added the audio file. One of the second graders is bilingual and wrote 'Are you okay?' in Japanese on her Kid Pix picture, included in the slideshow. abee, a Scratch user in Japan responded ' We're だいじょうぶ! (we are alright' ) in Japanese. I've attached the comment below.
Grade 2 and 3 The Transition of winter into spring illustrated in Scratch with 2 backgrounds and a moving sprite. This is the theme that we used to share 'hope' and promise for the people in Japan.
Students in fourth grade are working on writing a Haiku with the spring theme with a simple animation. One student has completed the assignment. Other students are still working on this assignment.
Fifth Grade Free Choice Project
A bilingual fifth grader asked if he could make a simple project using English and Chinese. Here is his project. I shared it with my friend in China who shared it with some teachers in China. Sometimes sharing simple projects with others helps them to see the possibilities. Learn more about this project
Grade 6 Haikus for Japan
Here is one example of a haiku written for Japan. Others will upload them soon. Learn more about this project
At the beginning and at the end of the Scratch Club session we sit in a circle and talk about our projects, offer suggestions and support to others in the group.
A classroom of third graders exploring Scratch.
Here is the link where you can see how Yoshiro's students used students' drawings in Sendai, Japan to create animations in Scratch to introduce them to Scratch.
http://sns.or6.jp/scratch-network-forum/-collaboration-blog/ohnodachukyo-animations
Weblink to web meeting in 2007 in Quezon City with students in a summer Scratch club.
http://web.mac.com/jacksonschool/iWeb/jacksonschool/Philippines.html
Weblink to MIT Museum lecture: Rich Wilson speaks about his sitesALIVE! voyage program that I followed with my students NY- Melbourne, Hong Kong to NY, Transat 2004 and Vendee Globe 2008.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/768
Korean Projects:
Trevor, US, Grade 5
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1590087
Oshika, US, Grade 5http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1586564
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1589980
Olivia, US, Grade 5
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1589959
Penny, US, Grade 5
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1584336
Jio, Korean student
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1563135
'Alex', Korean student
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1556464
Intro to Scratch book-related Project, Grade 3
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1586420
Create a background, add text, record audio
Write script using Control block, next background, and wait time
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1586564
Same as project above. Student with more experience added animation on last slide.
Students in grades 4 - 6 were asked to create a space shuttle that would revolve around something in space in commemoration of the last voyage of the space shuttle Discovery. Below is a screencast by a sixth grader who explains his project. This student was new to Scratch in September. He completed some of this during class time. He took it home and worked on it there. He also worked on a section of it during Scratch club after school. http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jackson_Computers/1673405
Here's a fourth graders Discovery flight project. After viewing Space Shuttle Discovery in space, the students were asked to create a rocket sprite that traveled around in space. I introduced 'point in direction.' This student added the sound of a horn at the end.
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March 17 , 2011
Third graders learned about Robonaut 2 in the Discovery space shuttle. I showed them how to use the x, y coordinates to move the robot around and the 'point in direction' block to move the robot in different angles. Here's one example where the student added text and recorded sound.
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Grade 4
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March 24, 2011
I introduced the 'flipbook-like' animations to second graders a few weeks ago. Then I introduced the idea of creating a sprite that moves (we made robots because the space shuttle Discovery has Robonaut2 onboard.) This week I asked students to combine the flipbook animation with the sprite. Some students added text as well.
Thinking of the Children of Japan
I was relieved that Sakari Sensei, his family, and all of his students were safe after the March 11th earthquake in Sendai, Japan. He shared iphone images, text messages and maps so that the students would understand what it was like to be in Sendai after an 8.9 earthquake and tsunami. I wanted to do something for the people in Japan that focused on a new beginning, especially since it was the beginning of spring and the beautiful cherry blossom season. Our Scratch projects themes were 'winter into spring' and rebuilding. Yoshiro Miyata invited us to add these projects to a Scratch gallery that was started by a Japanese student. The student left comments 'Thank you from Japan'..so that my students could see that their projects were viewed and appreciated by students in Japan.
The images for this slideshow (below) were created in Kid Pix by second graders. They exported them (with assistance) into a jpeg file and uploaded them into backgrounds with a wait time. I added the audio file. One of the second graders is bilingual and wrote 'Are you okay?' in Japanese on her Kid Pix picture, included in the slideshow. abee, a Scratch user in Japan responded ' We're だいじょうぶ! (we are alright' ) in Japanese. I've attached the comment below.
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Grade 2 and 3 The Transition of winter into spring illustrated in Scratch with 2 backgrounds and a moving sprite. This is the theme that we used to share 'hope' and promise for the people in Japan.
Grade 2
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This second grade student added text with each slide.
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Grade 3
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Grade 5
Other student sample projects for Japan follow:
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Students in fourth grade are working on writing a Haiku with the spring theme with a simple animation. One student has completed the assignment. Other students are still working on this assignment.
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Fifth Grade Free Choice Project
A bilingual fifth grader asked if he could make a simple project using English and Chinese. Here is his project. I shared it with my friend in China who shared it with some teachers in China. Sometimes sharing simple projects with others helps them to see the possibilities.
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Grade 6 Haikus for Japan
Here is one example of a haiku written for Japan. Others will upload them soon.
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