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WorkshopsThursday11:00a–12:30pKaren Brennan, Christan Balch, Michelle ChungGetting to Know the ScratchCurriculum GuideEVENT SPACEKelly VaughanScratch & Hour of CodeAUDITORIUM 633Want to help others create, share, and learn withScratch? Whether new to Scratch or just lookingfor fresh ideas, join members of the HarvardGraduate School of Education’s ScratchEd Teamfor an interactive exploration of the updatedCreative Computing Curriculum Guide. Theworkshop will begin with an overview of the newGuide and a discussion. You will then get a chanceto engage in hands-on activities from the Guide.Please bring a laptop.Did you participate in Hour of Code? Do youhave ideas for Scratch lessons that could beused in classrooms working on the CommonCore standards? Integrating Scratch into therequired curriculum is a challenge that manyteachers face. Join this hands-on workshopto discuss and share lesson ideas to addressthis challenge—and collect lessons intoa portfolio for use beyond the conference.Sayamindu Dasgupta, Shane Clements,Abdulrahman idlbi, Chris Willis-FordMargaret Low, Thomas Preece,Arteesha Bosamia, Matthew Healey, Marie LowScratch ExtensionsSensing Me!SILVERMAN ROOMWith Scratch “extensions,” people can connectScratch to physical devices (such as sensorsand robotics kits) and to web services (such asweather databases and translation services).Come to this hands-on workshop to get afirst-hand introduction to extensions. Exploresome sample extensions and use them to createprojects—or dive deeper into the extensionsystem and learn how to make your ownextensions using JavaScript.21August 7RM 525Young people are surrounded by sophisticatedhigh-tech devices that are designed to be easy-touse without an understanding of how they work.The Technology Volunteers at the University ofWarwick take the opposite approach: providingopportunities for young people to build “cheap andcheerful” sensors and reflect on how such deviceswork. This hands-on workshop explores this buildit-yourself approach, focusing on what can besensed and measured about people. You will geta chance to build and calibrate sensors to measurea variety of human abilities (such as hand-eyecoordination, color perception, and reaction times),use these sensors in projects, and discuss ideasfor additional sensors and applications.

Daisuke Kuramoto, Kazuhiro Abe,Akifumi Kumai, Yu Dobashi, Sae MatsudaMIT Scratch TeamGetting Started with ScratchLEGO LEARNING LABDo it YourselfCardboard InterfaceRM 493New to Scratch? Members of the MIT ScratchTeam will guide this playful introduction to theScratch programming language. Learn the basicbuilding blocks and core concepts in Scratch whilecreating an interactive animation. Find out about arange of ways that youth and educators are usingScratch to create their own interactive stories,games, animations, and simulations in a widevariety of settings. Discuss strategies for helpingothers get started with Scratch.In this playful workshop, you will get the chance tocreate cardboard interfaces using everyday objectssuch as recycled paper products, aluminum foil,and metal clips —and use these interfaces tocontrol stories, games, and simulations in Scratch.The cardboard interfaces will be connected toScratch via Nanoboards, Raspberry Pi’s, andMaKey MaKey boards.Jesse M. Heines, Gena GreherBarb Tennyson, Karen GarrisonScratch & Middle School MusicScratch & MaKey MaKeyRM 240While the arts continue to suffer budget cuts in highschools across the country, most states still requireall middle school students to take courses in thearts, including music. This hands-on workshop willexplore how to integrate computing into middleschool music classes to extend the reach andeffectiveness of these programs. In the workshop,you will have the opportunity to engage in severalactivities that have been used successfully inmiddle school classrooms. Presenters will alsolead a discussion of the barriers to implementationof interdisciplinary teaching and possible ways toovercome them.RM 244Thinking about using MaKey MaKey with Scratchin your classroom? This workshop will describeprojects and experiences with MaKey MaKey inelementary school science classes (with 3rd and6th graders). Then, you’ll get a chance to dive inand play with MaKey MaKey, creating physicalinterfaces to your Scratch projects using bananas,Play-Doh, aluminum foil, and other everydayobjects. Prepare to play! Limited to 25 participants.Scratch@MIT 201422

WorkshopsThursday2:00p – 3:30pAmanda Strawhacker, Melissa Lee,Paula BontaScratchJrEVENT SPACEExplore ScratchJr, a brand new iPad-basedversion of Scratch, designed specifically for youngchildren, ages 5–7. The ScratchJr interface andprogramming language were redesigned to makethem appropriate for younger children’s cognitive,personal, social, and emotional development.Members of the ScratchJr development teamwill provide a hands-on introduction to ScratchJr,describe principles underlying its design, anddiscuss strategies for using ScratchJr in earlychildhood education from kindergarten through2nd grade.Claire CaineMath Reinforcement withScratch, Grades 2– 8AUDITORIUM 633In this hands-on workshop, you will get a chanceto work through math projects appropriatefor grades 2–8. For middle school, the mathproblems will include recursion. A “scope andsequence” for programming will be interwoventhroughout the discussion of the problems.Eric RosenbaumMaKey MaKey: BananaPianos & BeyondSILVERMAN ROOMMaKey MaKey is an invention kit that lets youtransform everyday objects into computer keys.For example, you can make a game controllerout of Play-Doh or a piano out of bananas. Inthis workshop, you will get a chance to createyour own playful inventions using MaKey MaKey,Scratch, and everyday materials such as foil,foam, furniture, and coffee cups. There willalso be opportunities to discuss strategies forsupporting and inspiring others as they workon MaKey MaKey projects.23August 7Stephen HowellBuilding Scratch for KinectRM 525Prepare to jump around the room and have fun inthis spirited workshop. You’ll get an opportunityto develop computer games with Scratch andKinect, a hands-free motion control device thatallows “skeletal tracking” of body motion. Originallydeveloped in 2011, Kinect2Scratch has been usedin thousands of classrooms, outreach programs,and computer clubs around the world. In theworkshop, you can enjoy a beginner’s introductionto Kinect2Scratch, or explore more advanced usesof Kinect2Scratch, with tips and tricks from thetechnology’s developer.

Amos BlantonAbdulrahman idlbiChain Reaction with LEGO WeDoArduino & ScratchLEGO LEARNING LABCreate a Rube Goldberg-style chain reaction, usingScratch, LEGO WeDo, rubber balls, duct-tape, anda variety of other playful materials. With the help ofmembers of the MIT Scratch Team, you will learnto use Scratch to program motors and sensors inthe LEGO WeDo robotics kit—then design links ina chain-reaction that connects the physical worldand the digital world. The workshop will covera lot of ground in a short time, so come witha good understanding of how to program withScratch. Limited to 15 participants.RM 493Connect Scratch to the physical world usingan Arduino board. WIth the help of members ofthe MIT Scratch Team, you will learn how to usean experimental Scratch Aduino extension toprogram LEDs, motors, and sensors to createvirtual-physical world interactions.Yasushi Harada, Yoshiro Miyata,Tomohiro Ueshiba, Nobuyuki Ueda, Keiko OnishiScratch Orchestra:Play Original InstrumentsRM 240Create and program musical instruments withScratch and play in a conference concert! Inthis hands-on workshop, you’ll get a chanceto explore new forms of musical expressionby recording interesting sounds from the localsurroundings and controlling sounds with bodymotions and sensors.Eileen MalickRobot Finches with ScratchRM 244Play with “Finch Robots” created by CarnegieMellon’s CREATE lab and BirdBrain Technologies.The robots, designed to introduce the art ofrobotics programming to students of every age,can be used with more than a dozen programminglanguages, including Scratch. In this workshop,you will be able to experiment with the robot’slight sensor, temperature sensor, obstacle sensors,accelerometers, buzzer, beak LED, and motorcontrols. You will get a chance to tackle challengesthat were created for Boy Scouts and Girl Scoutsas young as 8 years old.Scratch@MIT 201424

PostersThursday4:00p – 5:30pThird Floor AtriumJenny Junkin, Colin Meltzer, Sonia GhandiJanet DeeScratch Across BordersThe Cat & the FinchIn the Scratch Across Borders project, 8th gradersat the Carroll School in Lincoln, MA, worked withpeers at Global Discovery Academy in Valodara,India, to create video games. Using technologiessuch as video chat and desktop sharing, thestudents created their first international softwareprojects. Come to this poster to see projects createdby the students and hear teachers talk about thesuccesses and challenges of the collaboration.This poster will demonstrate how to use Scratchto program a Finch Robot, designed at CarnegieMellon’s CREATE lab and commercialized by BirdBrain Technologies. The Finch has multiple sensors,wheels, and an LED light in its beak. It can be usedas a remote controller or as the object for programmedbehaviors. You’ll get a chance to try out the Finchand will learn how to install the Scratch extensionblocks that are necessary to program Finch Robots.Steve Ciampaglia, Kerry RichardsonThe Plug-In Studio:A Portable ClassroomDerek BreenMeet The Plug-In Studio (pluginstudio.net), anautonomous, self-contained, and entirely portableScratch classroom designed to bring technologybased art-making and instruction to underservedadults, children, and teens in community-learningsites in Chicago. The Plug-In Studio partners withsocial service and arts organizations to providefree, collaborative, hands-on Scratch workshopsfor adults and families—and after-school Scratchclasses for children and teens. The Studio makesuse of Scratch along with other innovative,affordable learning technologies, includingPicoCrickets, littleBits, and Squishy Circuits.This demonstration will lead you througha simple game-design process, creatingthe classic Pong game in Scratch 2.0. Itwill show how to gradually modify gameswith a variety of programming, painting, andsound techniques to create a uniquegame. The skills and concepts introducedwill follow the trajectory of video gamemechanic evolution (Pong to Breakout toSpace Invaders to Tetris). The examples areintended to serve as a model for presentingmulti-tiered lessons that engage students ofvarying programming and artistic aptitudes.25August 7Breaking Out with Scratch

Andrew CsizmadiaErnest DodsonScratch & MaKey MaKeyCareer PlanThis poster will present the results of a small-scalestudy investigating how Scratch and MaKey MaKeycan be used together to promote “computationalthinking” among learners. The study precedesa national curriculum initiative in England, setto begin in September 2014, to encourage andpromote computational thinking among all students.This poster will show what happened whena teacher in an urban elementary school,the largest in Boston, asked students touse Scratch to illustrate their journeys aftera goal-setting and self-esteem workshopcalled “Who’s Steering the Ship?”Yue Han, Pinar OzturkParticipation, Remixing& CreativityStefano Federici, Elisabetta Gola, Emiliano IlardiIn an effort to encourage more participation,collaboration, and creativity in the Scratchcommunity, this poster will describe an analysisof remixing patterns in the community andpropose a new “recommender system” forhelping community members identify projectsof interest. The current Scratch website offerspersonalized recommendations based on theuser’s friend network, but that approach is notvery useful for users without many friends. Theproposed recommender system uses projecttag and title data to make project suggestions,and it is designed to emphasize diversityin its recommendations.When students learn basics about programmingwith Scratch, it can be difficult for them tomove to a standard, full-featured language. Oneapproach that can help the transition is to createan expanded blocks language with more of thefeatures of a standard programming language.This poster describes an environment calledBloP that enables the development of expandedblocks languages—and (unlike well-known Scratchmods like BYOB and Snap!) allows for hidingsetup scripts and locking vital features to createa safer environment for experimentation. You willhave the opportunity to experiment with BloPimplementations of full-featured languages.Build Your Own Block LanguageScratch@MIT 201426

PostersThursday4:00p – 5:30pBrian HarveySnap! and the Beautyand Joy of ComputingLearn about the Beauty and Joy of Computing(BJC), a curriculum for the CS:Principles AdvancedPlacement course. BJC is based on Snap!,a reimplementation of Scratch with extensions tosupport teaching computer science at the AP level.Key ideas in the BJC curriculum include recursion,higher-order functions, and the use of programmingas a medium for exploring Big Data.Third Floor AtriumKenji Kawase, Chris Narihara, Toru Latto,Aleksandrs Groms, Tenpei InoueRobot Control ProgrammingMeet “Robotist,” a new series of learningresources for building and programming robots.Robotist is based on an Arduino-compatiblecircuit board, customized building blocks, anda modified version of Scratch. The goal ofRobotist is to provide children with tools thatnurture an interest in science and technology.Kazuhiro Abe, Akifumi Kumai, Yu Dobashi,Daisuke Kuramoto, Manabu Sugiura,Nobuko KishiNieves Garcia MainouProgramming EducationGathering: Raspberry PiITJ Elementary SchoolScratch ClubThe Programming Education Gathering giveschildren in Japan the opportunity to learn to programboth physical and virtual objects, using low-costRaspberry Pi computers so that children canprogram anytime anywhere, in and out of school.Organized by the Japanese nonprofit organizationCANVAS, with support from Google, the initiativeaims to introduce coding to 25,000 children, throughpartnerships with elementary schools, middleschools, high schools, universities, NPO’s, and localgovernments. The poster session will demonstratea variety of Scratch projects from the initiative.Learn how teachers at an elementary schoolin Mexico have used Scratch to help addresssensitive topics with pre-adolescent kids ina very effective way. For the past five years,the ITJ Elementary School has organizeda collaborative Scratch Club for 5th gradestudents from several schools. This year, the topicwas Safety Smart Online, and teams builtprojects on topics such as cyberbullying. As partof the process, students shared ideas to helpfellow 5th graders understand how to take careof themselves as they interact with others online.27August 7

Connor Hudson, Katie GrayJintae Lee, Miyoung Ryu,Seonkwan Han, Jongphil CheonKnit On Scratch On:E-Textiles and ScratchThe Development of SimpleFluid Interface, K –12How can you use Scratch to make fabrics, textiles,and wearable materials come to life? This posterwill include interactive demonstrations of e-textileprojects like piano gloves, explain the process ofintegrating Scratch with e-textiles, and engageyour imagination in future possibilities.Use hand gestures to remotely control a vehicle,using a new Fluid Interface that integrates Scratchwith Arduino and Leap Motion. The vehicle hasultrasonic sensors, motors, and bluetooth modulesfor accurate remote control. The vehicle can alsoavoid obstacles in its path by relaying sensorinformation to Scratch in real-time.Barbara Mikolajczak, Liam Walsh,Joseph Broderick, Mattea Del Peschio,Jenna PittoreYoshiro Miyata, Lorraine Leo, Yasushi Harada,Nobuyuki Ueda, Tomohiro Ueshiba, Keiko OnishiScratch After-School ClubWorld Community ProjectThis poster will report on results from theImmersive Education Scratch After-School Clubat Saint John School in Boston. Using the ScratchCurriculum Guide as a reference, students in3rd through 6th grade created projects thatrepresented their academic and personal interests.Students then applied their programming skills totheir STEM schoolwork, animating science andmath topics they had learned during the normalschool day. During this session, students will sharetheir projects, explain the code they used, and fieldquestions about their experience with Scratch.Come learn about the World Museum, in whichchildren from more than 30 countries on fivecontinents have been collaborating using Scratch.In the World Community Project, students aroundthe world are attempting to create a globalcommunity by sharing interesting aspects of theircultures. In Scratch Pals, students from Japan,United States, Spain, and other countries pairedup to create Scratch projects about themselvesand their cultures—and then remixed each other’sprojects to create a dialogue.Scratch@MIT 201428

PostersThursday4:00p – 5:30pThird Floor AtriumIan Stephenson, Tom StaceyJeonghwan Park, Miso Kim,Seonkwan Han, Soohwan KimSniff: Post-ScratchProgrammingDevelopment ofCreative ComputingChildren often struggle to make the leapfrom Scratch to mainstream text-basedprogramming. Sniff is designed to ease thetransition. It uses the notation and semanticsof Scratch, but in a text-based format. Thisposter will demonstrate how children can useSniff to interact with physical devices.In Korea, computer education classes during theschool day are about internet use and simpleapplications, such as Excel and Powerpoint.Recognizing that this approach does not faciliatestudent creativity and problem-solving skills,the authors of this poster developed a CreativeComputing Curriculum based on Scratch, foruse in after-school programs. They will showevidence of the effectiveness of their curriculumin improving problem-solving capability andcomputational thinking.29August 7

JamieSue Goodman, Sarah JuddThomas PreeceGoogle’s CS First ProgramControlling Our WorldCS First is a Google program focused on increasingstudent access and exposure to ComputerScience (CS) Education through after-schooland summer programs. The goal is to build CSEducation capacity in middle schools. The afterschool programs are developed by Google CSTeaching Fellows who provide volunteers with allthe materials needed to lead a CS First club usingScratch and cs-first.com. Volunteers participatein conjunction with local schools. In the first yearpilot phase, CS First had more than 80 communityvolunteers reaching more than 1,200 students andthe programs are scaling to more areas this fall.Come see how Scratch can be used to senseand control the world around us using theArduino microcontroller. Members of theTechnology Volunteers from University ofWarwick will show example projects fromtheir hands-on workshops using Scratchand Arduino in schools, and they will shareresources and tutorials for recreating theseprojects and activities.Scratch@MIT 201430

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projects peers passion play Projects Provide opportunities for people to create personally-meaningful projects, from initial idea through multiple iterations to final product Peers Engage people in sharing ideas, . coding. Members of the