Today we started working with Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu), a free programming environment from MIT used by colleges to introduce programming.  I showed some of the basic commands and said we would be focusing on using our sprites to draw figures for the time being.  Drawing shapes gives us an opportunity to think algorithmically in an environment that is familiar.

I asked everyone to write a script that draws a square — a surprisingly difficult task!  To do so, students had to break down all the steps they do when they draw a square themselves.

Intro to Scratch Slides

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