ICT Guy

Here is my collection of resources that I’ve found useful when working with students and teachers to create scratch projects. Please use the comments to inform me of any other good resources. Happy scratching

Scratch ‘How to’ from MIT

http://scratch.mit.edu/howto
This is where you will find all the MIT Scratch resources. This is the number one stop for all things related to Scratch!

Getting Started
Videos
Reference guide
Help screens
FAQ
Scratch cards

Scratch Videos

Scratch Videos from MIT
4 videos - Intro video, About Scratch, Image effects, and a Scratch Workshop.

How create Pong in 7 minutes with Scratch
A screencast of mine showing how to create the arcade game Pong.

Scratch Tutorials by students
A number of short screencasts created by students which demonstrate various Scratch techniques.

Scratch Cards

http://scratch.mit.edu/cards

Scratch cards have two sides. One showing the technique and one showing the blocks needed to make it work. This is the easiest way to get started with students. Download the cards, print them out, give them to students and start Scratching.

Scratch Resources

http://resources.scratchr.org

A site dedicated to sharing Scratch resources. You’ll find new sprites, sounds, and tutorials.

Learn Scratch Website

http://learnscratch.org/

This site contains video tutorials and practical guides designed for teachers and students.

A Moodle course for Scratch

http://need2learn.net/course/view.php?id=95
This is a Moodle course I created for students to learn Scratch. It is called “Multimedia Programming with Scratch”. You can log in as a guest or signup if you want to take the quizzes and complete the journal reflections.

‘Visual Quick Start Guide’

http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/wp-content/podcasts/Scratch_Guide.pdf
My Visual Quick Start Guide with lots of screenshots and labels explaining Scratch.

How to embed Scratch projects into web pages

http://scratch.mit.edu/pages/embed

Describes how to embed a Scratch game into your blog or webpage. This involves having a Scratch account and embedding code much like you can with Youtube, Slideshare and others.