See below, especially "... elective program classes have used Scratch to
deliver consulting and programming services for students at another
school." and "They made products that are real pieces of software, adapted
to the needs of real clients." :)
/Klaus
<quoted from ACM's TechNews>
"Coding (and Consulting) Kid-Style With Scratch"
T.H.E. Journal (12/07); Schaffhauser, Dian
MIT Media Lab's Lifelong Kindergarten research group has developed
Scratch, a programming language designed to help kids learn mathematical
and computational concepts along with the process of design. A paper about
Scratch explains that the language can nurture skills in the areas of
information and communication, thinking and problem-solving, and
interpersonal and self-direction. The Scratch Web site freely offers the
program for download, examples, tutorials, and discussion forums, and
approximately 45,000 people have registered on the site thus far.
Programming via Scratch allows kids to blend together sounds, music,
graphics, and photos by dragging and dropping graphical command blocks
onto a Scripts work area. The program begins with a "sprite" character
that users can manipulate with command blocks, and starting and stopping
scripts involves the user clicking a green flag and a red stop sign
button, respectively. Students in Expo Elementary School teacher Karen
Randall's elective program classes have used Scratch to deliver consulting
and programming services for students at another school. Randall says the
language helped her team experience the process of design in a deeper and
more meaningful way. "They made products that are real pieces of software,
adapted to the needs of real clients," she says.
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/21743</quote>
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