Scratch

Because it's the school holidays in New Zealand I haven't had Hand-on-Homework from my teacher.  So we decided I would find something to do for my own Hands-on-Homework.  Mum found me a great program called Scratch and my goal was to make a Scratch project.  Scratch is a programming app where you learn some coding skills  and create projects by stacking 'blocks' of instructions to make all sorts of cool stuff.  Some people have made e-cards or games or little videos

Here is a great Ted Talk that explains all about Scratch and shows some of the cool things people have made with it...

http://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code.html


And here is my first scratch project.  If you click "Look inside" you will be able to see all the different 'blocks' I used to make the characters move in different ways.  And while you're watching don't forget to press the space bar and then the up arrow.

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/24331226/



http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/24331226/