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#1 2012-10-21 23:17:48

kayybee
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The School of Scratch

[I will be taking extra measures to ensure to the best of my ability that this school will not fail. This means it will be more organized so please be sure to read everything. Please note that if you are not contributing to this school as a student, teacher, discusser, etc. DO NOT post on this thread. If you want to flame, please take it elsewhere, perhaps on your English homework. Thank you for your cooperation.
P.S. Also, I do not care if other people have schools running. If you want to go to theirs, go ahead. However, I will do my best to make sure this one does not close down immediately.
]

Welcome to the School of Scratch.
Here you can learn to create better Scratch projects than you might have before. Best of all, Scratcher teachers gain experience alongside their students as the class goes on.
Together, we can help everyone improve in Scratch!

FOR TEACHERS
Teachers may choose to follow any course outline they choose, but must present a list of projects done throughout the course. These courses can be of any length, at any speed the teacher wishes to move at. Teachers, please fill out the following information for each of your courses on the course page. Yes, you must create a page for each of your courses. But yes, you may use pages from previous courses provided you change the name to clear confusion. On your page, please also include a form/diagnostic test to receive required information about the student, such as their experience level, etc. Once you have created the course page and I have seen the required information, I will link to it through the course list.

Course Information:
Course Name: Include the course level, e.g. "Beginning Art" or "Advanced Physics"
Category: {coding|designing|sound and music|planning and collaborations|miscellaneous}
Prerequisites: Make note of the difficulty of each requirement, e.g. "basic music theory"
Course Outline: Include all projects done throughout the course, e.g. "create your first song"
Standards: Things such as "students will learn to create a song that loops.
Average Project Length: anywhere from a week to a month
Maximum Student Number: as many as you can handle
Required Student Activity: How often will students need to learn and do homework?

You may teach your class however you wish.

NOTE! If you'd like more students, try adding your same class at the University of Scratch!

FOR STUDENTS
This thread serves no purpose to you except for the course list linked at the bottom and for providing information to you. You have no need to post except for to ask questions. If you would like to enroll in a course, you may do so on the course page.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I will not be regulating any of the classes except for classes I teach or help teach. Teachers may teach whatever they wish, however they wish, as poorly or excellently as they wish. If a student feels that a teacher is not teaching as well as expected, a student may drop a class at any time for any reason. I can only guarantee that my classes will be up to my standards. I may occasionally check in to see how a teacher is teaching and give advice, but I will not close any classes down due to poor teaching.
However, teachers must ensure that their course is somewhat Scratch-related. That is the only requirement.

COURSE LIST
CODING:
Firedrake's Complete Programming
Simple:
kayybee's Beginning Scratch
Intermediate:
kayybee's In-Depth Pen Blocks (coming soon!)
Advanced:
none


Design:
Simple:
none

Intermediate:
MBA's Intermediate Design
Advanced:
Chongyian's Advanced Design and Animation

Sounds and Music:
kayybee's Beginning VGM Composition

Planning and Collaborations
none


Miscellaneous:
kayybee's Proper Scratch Etiquette (coming soon!)

If you have any questions or if there's anything I've missed, post here! Otherwise, Scratch on!

Last edited by kayybee (2012-10-30 23:12:57)

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#2 2012-10-22 11:50:53

FreshStudios
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Registered: 2011-04-11
Posts: 500+

Re: The School of Scratch

Course Name: Advanced Coding
Category: coding
Prerequisites: basic coding skills,
Course Outline: Create a project with lists and variables, Create a project using velocity.
Standards: Students will learn how to use velocity, lists, variables, and other advanced things throughout scratch coding.
Average Project Length: anywhere from a week to a month
Maximum Student Number: as many as you can handle
Required Student Activity: I won't give students homework a lot, probably only once a month.


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#3 2012-10-22 12:34:55

firedrake969_test
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Re: The School of Scratch

Course Name: Complete Programming (basic to advanced)
Category: coding
Prerequisites: Have Scratch, use the forums, be able to read, have an account, stuff like this.
Course Outline: Look at tutorials, do the assignments, at end of course, make one big project
Standards: Use velocity, lists, variables, and make large, advanced games
Average Project Length: Depends, probably a few months
Maximum Student Number: 5 (I already have all 5, can't handle any more unless someone drops out)
Required Student Activity: Once or twice a week, do homework during the weekdays, tutorials released every Saturday or every other saturday.


Alt of Firedrake969.

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#4 2012-10-22 15:33:04

kayybee
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Re: The School of Scratch

All of these are fine, except for freshstudios'; things I put in italics are a description, so you have two more blanks to fill in. Just link to your thread here.
If its a coding thread I think it should go in help with scripts.

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#5 2012-10-22 17:46:01

WingsGames
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Registered: 2011-02-21
Posts: 500+

Re: The School of Scratch

Hi there, kaybee,
As you may (or may not) know, I am the Headmaster of The University Of Scratch. I was just wondering if you'd like to join with us to help improve the school. You seem to have lots of knowledge in organizing the school, so you could help improve UOS, if you wanted. However, if you don't, I totally understand.
Thanks,
WingsGames


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#6 2012-10-22 18:03:41

mythbusteranimator
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Registered: 2012-02-28
Posts: 1000+

Re: The School of Scratch

I believe I can help.

Course Name: Intermediate Art and Animation
Category: Design
Prerequisites: Animating history, responsibility and activity
Course Outline: Paint Program/Other Programs, animating tools (coding and costumes)
Standards: Create very good looking animations without the default sprites and backgrounds
Average Project Length: Two to three weeks
Maximum Student Number: Indefinite.
Required Student Activity: Activity is necessary.


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#7 2012-10-22 19:41:30

kayybee
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Posts: 1000+

Re: The School of Scratch

Put this in your main post:

Code:

[b]For more classes, visit the official post for the [url=http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1425661#p1425661]School of Scratch[/url][/b]

or something similar to that.

And here is an example on what a class post might look like. It should include that above link, the course information, and perhaps the form/questionnaire.

Feel free to create the page immediately; once it is linked here I will add it.

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#8 2012-10-22 19:45:53

mythbusteranimator
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Re: The School of Scratch

kayybee wrote:

Put this in your main post:

Code:

[b]For more classes, visit the official post for the [url=http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1425661#p1425661]School of Scratch[/url][/b]

or something similar to that.

And here is an example on what a class post might look like. It should include that above link, the course information, and perhaps the form/questionnaire.

Feel free to create the page immediately; once it is linked here I will add it.

OK!  smile


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#9 2012-10-22 19:47:25

kayybee
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Re: The School of Scratch

WingsGames wrote:

Hi there, kayybee,
As you may (or may not) know, I am the Headmaster of The University Of Scratch. I was just wondering if you'd like to join with us to help improve the school. You seem to have lots of knowledge in organizing the school, so you could help improve UOS, if you wanted. However, if you don't, I totally understand.
Thanks,
WingsGames

Hello WingsGames,
I commend you for you common interest in educating Scratchers, and I am very pleased by your offer to collaborate our efforts to create a stronger learning community. However, I am fearful that our school together may fail, leaving yet another school-less Scratch. Therefore, I have created a proposal for our two schools: Both of our schools can share classes as the teacher wishes (a teacher can choose to have a class in both school's course list), therefore not only giving the class two pages to which they are linked, but another school remaining shall either one of ours were to close. I appreciate your offer yet disappointedly decline, but I hope you will considere the proposal created for the best of our schools.
Thank you for your time,
kayybee

Last edited by kayybee (2012-10-22 19:47:59)

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#10 2012-10-22 20:20:54

WingsGames
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Re: The School of Scratch

kayybee wrote:

WingsGames wrote:

Hi there, kayybee,
As you may (or may not) know, I am the Headmaster of The University Of Scratch. I was just wondering if you'd like to join with us to help improve the school. You seem to have lots of knowledge in organizing the school, so you could help improve UOS, if you wanted. However, if you don't, I totally understand.
Thanks,
WingsGames

Hello WingsGames,
I commend you for you common interest in educating Scratchers, and I am very pleased by your offer to collaborate our efforts to create a stronger learning community. However, I am fearful that our school together may fail, leaving yet another school-less Scratch. Therefore, I have created a proposal for our two schools: Both of our schools can share classes as the teacher wishes (a teacher can choose to have a class in both school's course list), therefore not only giving the class two pages to which they are linked, but another school remaining shall either one of ours were to close. I appreciate your offer yet disappointedly decline, but I hope you will considere the proposal created for the best of our schools.
Thank you for your time,
kayybee

Hi kayybee,
I think that that would be the best course of action for both of us. That way, there's a stronger foundation on which the Scratch educational community is built. As for the implementation, I have an idea. How about at the end of the first post, you write something like "To help increase students, why not submit your class to the University of Scratch?" I'll do the same for you, so we'll have a mutually beneficial relationship.
Thanks,
WingsGames


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#11 2012-10-23 06:35:57

Ztype
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Registered: 2012-08-27
Posts: 100+

Re: The School of Scratch

Kayybee, my class - http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=108279 is part pf the University of Scratch. Would you mind making my class part of the School of Scratch?

Thanks for your time,

Ztype


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#12 2012-10-24 00:03:40

kayybee
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Re: The School of Scratch

Updated.

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#13 2012-10-24 05:05:16

Ztype
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Registered: 2012-08-27
Posts: 100+

Re: The School of Scratch

Im quiting thus there is no more programming course


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#14 2012-10-24 06:07:32

chongyian
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Re: The School of Scratch

Course Information:
Course Name: Chongyian's Advanced Design & Animation Class
Category: Design
Prerequisites: Advanced Design
Course Outline: Learn how to use Paint.NET and Gimp professionally
Standards: Gimp- Up to transparency animation, Paint.NET- Up to cool gradients
Average Project Length: Course will take 1 month
Maximum Student Number: 10
Required Student Activity: 1 lesson every 3-4 days.

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#15 2012-10-25 01:54:25

kayybee
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Posts: 1000+

Re: The School of Scratch

Ztype's class removed.

Chongyian, once you make the thread, I can add it.

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#16 2012-10-25 01:57:39

chongyian
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Re: The School of Scratch

Okay!

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#17 2012-10-30 23:13:31

kayybee
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Re: The School of Scratch

Updated. If anyone has the time (and ability) to make the post look better, just post the bbcode here and I'll replace it. Thanks  smile

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