I’m Starting from “SCRATCH” and Switching to Computer Engineering
At first, I can not lie I was not very excited to explore scratch. I thought it would be confusing, and not beginner-friendly. I always try to push myself and try to make something different and exciting, and I thought I would frustrate myself using scratch. However, I am really happy with what I was able to make in less than a few hours.
I am a big basketball fan, I love to watch and play the sport. One of my favorite moments was Curry’s shot to win the game in the last seconds with its famous commentary. I wanted to recreate that shot on scratch and I did. I struggled to make a person shoot the ball so I decided to just have the ball. I started by choosing a basketball and a basketball court. I began messing around with the basketball for a long time. I finally was able to make it glide to where I aim my mouse with my space bar. Along with it, I made it say swish.
This was fun but it did not work how I wanted. It said swish the moment I pressed space not when it went towards the hoop. Therefore, I realized I had to add something near the hoop and make it say swish when it comes in contact with it. I also wanted to be able to move the ball so I spent time figuring out how to make it move left and right with the press of buttons. To complete it all I added the commentary the moment I pressed space along with fans in the background.
In conclusion, I had a lot of fun using scratch and I think many students would as well. Scratch has unlimited possibilities, and that is the beauty of it. It allows students to be unique and create whatever is on their minds. This as talked about by Debbie Liu, will help enhance student’s scientific thinking. Due to scratch being so versatile, it allows students to progress while using the website. This will be a great way to introduce students to the world of coding and something some might find to strive in.
The image above looks confusing, but it’s something a student could progress to learn with the introduction of coding. Our whole world is becoming technology-based, with more coding jobs than ever. Coding is extremely important and is the basics of creating many things we enjoy. It’s the basics of games, apps, and overall technology. It is extremely important to introduce to youth minds and something I will be doing for many reasons.
- Helps children become confident problem solvers
- Improved acedemic writing performance
- Helps children with their math skills
- Coding allows creativity
- Coding as a whole new language
Therefore, I think it’s important for us future teachers to use websites like scratch and others, and introduce coding to the youth in schools. Let me know what you think in the comments!
I love that you tried to recreate a moment that you found interesting! I think that students will definitely follow that lead if taught coding and continue to build off of that creativity while learning and having fun. I also think that you troubleshooting with your code is an excellent starting point to help students understand that just because it doesn’t work the first time doesn’t mean you can’t change it to make it work the next time!
Thanks for sharing your experience Gledi!
It was great to hear that you incorporated something you are passionate about into this experience! Even when things got confusing or hard you didn’t give up and figured out how to make the program work the way you wanted. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Love the post! Coding can look scary, but it honestly isn’t that hard (as I discovered this week). You connected your passion with coding and I really admire that about the post. You used step by step instruction as well as a video. I enjoy all the resources you incorporated as well as your personal experience! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Gledi,
I think its great that you tried to recreate a play from a basketball game! Taking inspiration from things you are passionate about is a great way to get invested in what you are doing. I have also found that coding is challenging, and even though you weren’t able to create a player like you wanted, I am glad you were still able to gain valuable experience. Thanks for sharing your article and video!