A short presentation discussing the benefits of using the Scratch program in Education.

1. Scratch in Education

3. What is Scratch?
• Scratch is a control program that enables you
to create your own interactive stories,
animations, games, music, and art

4. Who made it?
• Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten
Group at the MIT Media Lab.
Supported by the following:
1. National Science Foundation
2. Microsoft
3. Intel Foundation
4. MacArthur Foundation
5. Google
6. Iomega
7. MIT Media Lab research consortia

5. Why the name Scratch?
• The name Scratch comes from the scratching
technique used by hip-hop disc jockeys, who
spin vinyl records back and forth with their
hands to mix music clips together in creative
ways.
• You can do something similar with Scratch,
mixing different types of media clips (graphics,
photos, music, sounds) in creative ways.

6. Intro to Scratch

7. Why Scratch?
• It’s Open Source
• It’s Free
• Available for Mac, PC & Linux
• A great introduction to programming (Problem
solving)
• It’s Fun

8. Download Scratch
• http://scratch.mit.edu/download

9. Examples
• Animation
• Story
• Games