Intro to Scratch
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0:01 - 0:09Imagine creating your own video games, animated stories, or interactive art.
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0:09 - 0:13Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy
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0:13 - 0:15for people to make all kinds of creative projects.
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0:16 - 0:21With Scratch, you can make things walk, talk, sing, dance,
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0:21 - 0:26bounce, fly, win, lose, or draw.
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0:26 - 0:28Scratch is used by all different kinds of people all
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0:28 - 0:33over the world to make all different kinds of projects.
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0:33 - 0:37"I love drawing stuff. I especially liked drawing this
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0:37 - 0:41picture because it was really fun."
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0:41 - 0:45"In this project, I used the sprite to draw a pattern."
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0:45 - 0:47"I started making these stories up. I don't know
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0:47 - 0:50where they come from, I guess my imagination."
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0:50 - 0:52"My first project was a remix of one of the sample
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0:52 - 0:55projects that come with Scratch. I just love the
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0:55 - 0:59creativity of Scratch. There are endless possibilities.
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0:59 - 1:02It's not like you can just make this project, or this project
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1:02 - 1:05and that's all you can make."
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1:05 - 1:09"But Scratch isn't just a tool. It's also a community."
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1:09 - 1:13"You get to see other people's projects and learn from
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1:13 - 1:14them; and get ideas from them."
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1:14 - 1:18"I like to compose my own music in Scratch and draw my own characters."
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1:18 - 1:20"I love math, and I like making other people interested
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1:20 - 1:23in it too."
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1:23 - 1:25Getting started is easy. You can download Scratch for
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1:25 - 1:27free and just start exploring. You snap together Scratch
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1:27 - 1:31blocks, just like you would snap together Lego bricks.
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1:31 - 1:34Let's make the cat dance back-and-forth to a beat.
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1:34 - 1:37[drum beat] If I want to make the cat dance back-and-
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1:37 - 1:41forth more than one time, I can wrap a repeat block around
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1:41 - 1:46it. [drum beats several times] Now let's make it
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1:46 - 1:49interactive. I'll place this block on top, and now
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1:49 - 1:52when I click on the cat sprite, check out what happens.
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1:52 - 1:55[drum beats several times] You can even try different
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1:55 - 1:59things out while the project is still running and experiment
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1:59 - 2:03with different scripts. "It's a program that lets you
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2:03 - 2:07explore your imagination. You can do whatever you want
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2:07 - 2:11in it. You can design anything." "Using Scratch, I definitely
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2:11 - 2:15learned programming. But I also learned how to collaborate
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2:15 - 2:19with other people." "This project has voices in it.
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2:19 - 2:22I had my friends record their voices, and then I used it
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2:22 - 2:27in my project." "It's like you can do whatever you want,
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2:27 - 2:32really. You can be as creative as you want to be."
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2:33 - 2:37I can't wait to see what you create with Scratch.
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2:37 - 2:39What will you imagine? What will you program?
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2:39 - 2:42And what will you share?
- Title:
- Intro to Scratch
- Description:
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Scratch is a programming language for young people to create their own interactive stories, games, music, and art.
Scratch was created by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab.
You can find more information and download Scratch for free at http://scratch.mit.edu
Music: "You and Your Bright Ideas" by DoKashiteru
- Video Language:
- English