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Scratch!
Introduction to Scratch
Download the program (well, we'll do that for you if you need an authorization code...) and move the icon to your dock so that it's easy to start up the program when you need it.
Learn about the program by watching a series of videos that will introduce you to the world of Scratch. Here's a video tutorial that some students made. Play with the program a bit and then check out some more movies such as the special effects video. Click here to view a set of direction cards that will teach you how to change color, add a beat, insert key moves, follow the mouse, animate figures, create a whirl, say something, glide, dance, keep score, and more. You can also read this Scratch Reference Guide to help you to learn more about the program.
Posting Your Scratch Project on Your Website
When you're done with your Scratch project, you may insert it in a Dreamweaver page by following these steps:
1. Check your email and save the Scratch Project file in your sites folder.
2. Save your .sb file (your Scratch document) in the Scratch Project folder.
3. Open the Dreamweaver document in the code mode. Replace testproject.sb with the name of the project you want to view.
BACK
Notes:
I created the folder by opening Firefox and downloading the following files to a folder in my sites folder:
http://scratch.mit.edu/static/misc/ScratchApplet.jar
http://scratch.mit.edu/static/misc/soundbank.gm (for soundbank.gm, right-click and select "Save Link As..." to download)
Then, create a .html file in that same folder with the following contents:
Code:
<html>
<body>
<applet id="ProjectApplet" style="display:block" code="ScratchApplet" codebase="./" archive="ScratchApplet.jar" height="387" width="482">
<param name="project" value="testproject.sb">
</applet>
</body>
</html>
You can view an example of this in action here:
http://web.media.mit.edu/~nbushak/test.html
Additional methods of embedding Scratch projects are detailed here:
http://scratch.wik.is/Publishing_your_Scratch_projects_on_other_websites
Visit the Scratch Home Page
To download projects from the scratch website, you have to have an account. There is an account that lots of people use to download stuff that is:
username: Guest123456
password: 123456
You can post your project and view other people's projects by checking out the Scratch Home Page . |