Scratch

kglenu · 2009-10-28 09:10:31

My daughter's elementary school is interested in using Scratch in their computer labs. I discussed this with the computer science teacher and she said that issue is one of bandwidth and having to connect to the web site from the school.

Being new to Scratch (totally new, having just found it and not quite read everything about it yet) and being a technical architect for enterprise erp systems, I was wondering if there is a scratch appliance or a way that I can build one for her school and donate it.

I found a couple HP servers on craigslist for cheap and was wondering if this is a possibility. If it is I could use some guidance as to what OS's I can use for the server and where I can get any doc that I need.

Please let me know if this has been done before or is available. If so, i will talk to the teacher at school and see if there are interested in getting an appliance.

Thanks in advance.
Glen

songhead95 · 2009-10-28 14:31:46

What do you mean by appliance?

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Locomule · 2009-10-29 11:34:13

You do not need internet access at all to run Scratch. Scratch is a free, standalone application. The Scratch website provides users with a place to share and discuss Scratch programing but is not required. Students could move projects back and forth from their pcs and school via flash drives, cdroms, etc. As for them having access to the main Scratch site, they can do that from home.

There is an entire site devoted to educators using Scratch here...
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/

kglenu · 2009-10-30 12:32:09

Is there a way to run it on a server install at the school instead of having it installed locally?

Thanks for your response.

Glen

ScratchDude101 · 2009-11-02 21:29:26

A friend could put it on a flash or zip drive for you.

andresmh · 2009-11-11 23:34:14

kglenu wrote:
Is there a way to run it on a server install at the school instead of having it installed locally?

Thanks for your response.

Glen

Yes, check out this site: http://scratch.mit.edu/scratchr

Zoomreddin · 2009-11-12 10:40:54

I had scratch at my old school, and I didn't have to use internet. We just used it on the CPUs.

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