Computational Thinking in Sound by Greher Gena R.;Heines Jesse M.;

Author:Greher, Gena R.;Heines, Jesse M.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2014-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 6-5:

The Scratch panel from which one can play, import, and record sounds.

TEACHING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING WITH SCRATCH

Working with Scratch

It is not our purpose for this book to be a Scratch programming manual. What’s more, we are quite confident that readers of this book wouldn’t even need a manual to get up and running with Scratch. You just download it, install it, and start dragging blocks around and connecting them up to form structures. For those who like a little handholding, however, we recommend the Scratch support page at info.scratch.mit.edu/Support.

The remainder of this chapter introduces the music capabilities built into Scratch that we use and demonstrates the scope of ways in which we use them to teach CT. We provide examples of our own work, that of students, and even some extensions created by others working in this area. However, it is impossible to cover everything. Despite its apparent simplicity, Scratch is incredibly rich. Readers who desire to see more examples are directed to the class notes and assignments on our course websites. Websites for current and previous semesters’ offerings are available at http://compthinkinsound.org.

Handouts and sample programs from our Making Music with Scratch workshops are also available at www.performamatics.org. In addition, the programs described here can be found in the Scratch user areas, specifically these:

• http://scratch.mit.edu/users/performamatics/

• http://scratch.mit.edu/users/alexruthmann/

• http://scratch.mit.edu/users/drjay/

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