Reflection on Scratch

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How does scratch support the development of 21st century skills?

       Quote:  Hobbit, a 14-year-old member of the community explains: "When I think about it, recognition for my work is what really drew me into Scratch. Other things played a part, but the feeling that my work would be seen is what really motivated me" (Monroy-Hernández & Resnick, 2007). This is a quote from an student that has worked with Scratch, she really enjoys it and it has made learning fun for her. She will remember what she is learning and not just forget about it. There will also be more jobs that are computer and design related and this is helping kids start the basics of this. They will understand how to work and use design.
        Students will also gain an understanding of mathematical and computer knowledge and start to understand the importance of it in everyday life. Even if they don't grow up to be a programmer or work with math, it teaches them and helps them better express their creative side.
         It will also help with their critical thinking and communication skills. These are both very important in the 21st century. They will run into problems and have to figure out how to fix them or have to communicate with someone to work on a problem. When they create a project they also have to think about their audience. They have to think about how other people will react to their projects, which is another important skill to have.
      Scratch is a very useful site, that will continue to help to prepare the 21st century kids. If more teachers started to use it and sites like it, I believe that students would be more prepared for what is to come. It is a better and more fun way of learning. If they are learning better from it, then we should use it!

How does using scratch with students as a teacher help you to address the ISTE teaching standards?

Teaching Standard #1

a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

 

Scratch meets this teaching standard in many ways. There are many projects on it that support and show kids and encourage kids to be creative. They are not only being creative while doing this but they are learning something. They have to think of different ways to do something and pay attention to the directions or else the project will not work. They are given plenty of room for creativity too.
 Project on Scratch:
My project
It is working on exponents. When I was learning this in my math classes, I had trouble with exponents and I think something like this would have helped me understand it better.

A CSO that fits my project:

CSO:  M.O.A1.2.4 --develop and test hypotheses to derive  the laws of exponents and use them to perform operations on expressions with integral exponents.

I believe my project fits into this CSO. In my project they are learning how to compute exponents and the different ways to do it. This project will help them understand the difference between the base and the exponent and why both are important parts of integrating an exponent.

How might Scratch help with future students support content area learning?

My project that I found is an example of content area learning. My project is in math. If a teacher just stands in front of the classroom and talks about math and does nothing else, students will become bored and not learn the information as well. If you switch up your lessons and find projects on Scratch, like my exponents one, it can help them to understand that lesson better and have fun while doing it. They will also be more likely to remember it.

APA References:

Learning with scratch. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:AZWG5l-4wusJ:llk.media.mit.edu/projects/scratch/papers/Learning-with-Scratch.pdf &hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiJG4-KqFa27LJWFJlbRJegz7pT2WZmjF1NVMJ1OvPl5SIi8yDioOLNf1TToNJ72K8lkwckewg95kTw3XkzPDEW0IYLV3vjg7QpT6oMl6R6fowFL9CvU7kkDGAVAsDGTObpcd09&sig=AHIEtbR4rgqYiqD0BRymUL7qU9tmSOy1zA

Monroy-Hernández, A., & Resnick, M. (2007, March 4). Empowering kids to create and share    programmable media. Retrieved from   
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/sites/infoscratch.media.mit.edu/files/file/interactions_acm_2007_monroy-hernandez_resnick.pdf 

Rusk , N., Resnick, M., & Maloney, J. (n.d.). 21st century learning skills. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:AoYtApRhtyQJ:llk.media.mit.edu/projects/scratch/papers/Scratch-21stCenturySkills.pdf &hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShioUcsLIJXr9wmv4AexJklpGp79GHddJ8pX2KSyszNCIYvG4Gz3YSLoclk9bnAt-kflFTlVr827fxCfeuJdlHOFe2fUeqLEq_CnOMho63ZCKURdi4l8P3cXRFoYyxiK-9UWfg&xsig=AHIEtbQiUZ_FIcmArL9dVk9LbN_zi6C1Yw