This PowerPoint is a teaching tool to teach tweens to create online interactive projects using Scratch.

1. Creative Your Own Online
Interactive Projects with Scratch
By
Susanna Chan
Head of Children’s Services
South Brunswick Public Library NJ

2. What is Scratch?
• A programming language developed by the
Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media
Lab.
• Uses easy coding blocks to create interactive
projects, stories, animations, art and games and
share it online.
• Helps young people to learn team work,
organizational skills, creative and logical thinking.
• Improves self-confidence and self-esteem with
improved skills in Scratch projects.

3. Getting Started
• Download Scratch from:
• http://www.scratch.mit.edu
• Install and launch Scratch on your
computer.
• Now You are ready to start your own
project or download a project from
Scratch.
• You can save your project on your
computer or on your Scratch Account.

4. Getting Started with
Scratch
by Kim Wilkens

5. Making a Simple Scratch
Game
by prappleizer

6. Helpful Links
• Scratch account : Sign up to share your
projects on the web and learn from projects
shared by others. An email address is
required: http://scratch.mit.edu/signup
• Getting Started tutorial guide:
http://goo.gl/4OBlj
• Video tutorials:
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Video_Tutorials
• Scratch Cards: A quick way to learn new
Scratch codes . http://goo.gl/JwCt1

7. Resources
• Scratch Resources: You can download sprites,
backgrounds, scripts, sound and music files shared
by other Scratchers or upload your own to share
with others. http://resources.scratchr.org/index
• Scratch Reference Guide: Overview of the Scratch
software http://goo.gl/8eU1Y
• Scratch Wiki: Where you can “talk” to fellow
Scratchers, join in Scratch related discussions, learn
from tutorials and find useful explanations on
“Scratch” terminologies. http://goo.gl/XM2Ug
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