Scratch 2.0 Beginner's Guide - Softcover

Badger, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782160728 ISBN 13: 9781782160724

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Create digital stories, games, art, and animations through six unique projects

About This Book

• Discover how to use the new Scratch Version 2.0 to create games, animations, and digital stories
• Six hands-on projects that get you learning by doing with projects for all ages and experience levels
• Learn universal computer programming basics with no previous programming knowledge required

Who This Book Is For

The author approaches the content with the belief that we are all teachers and that you are reading this book not only because you want to learn, but because you want to share your knowledge with others. Motivated students can pick up this book and teach themselves how to program because the book takes a simple, strategic, and structured approach to learning Scratch.

Parents can grasp the fundamentals so that they can guide their children through introductory Scratch programming exercises. It's perfect for homeschool families. Teachers of all disciplines from computer science to English can quickly get up to speed with Scratch and adapt the projects for use in the classroom.

What You Will Learn

• Program in Scratch including universal programming concepts such as loops, conditional statements, variables, arrays, Boolean logic, dynamic interaction, coordination, synchronization, threads, event handling, and procedures
• Design user interfaces including sequence, characters, and controls
• Translate a storyline or plot into an online game, animation, or story
• Debug problems and revise projects to fix problems and add functionality
• Think critically to solve problems based on need, program limitations, and knowledge levels

In Detail

As 21st century people, we live a digital life, but computer scientists around the world warn of a declining pool of digitally literate computer science students. The Scratch environment makes it fun for students of any age to think, create, and collaborate digitally.

Scratch 2.0 Beginner's Guide Second Edition will teach you how to become a Scratch programmer and lay the foundation for programming in any computer language. Whether you are creating a birthday card or cloning bricks for a game of Breakout, projects are approached in a step-by-step way to help you design, create, and reflect on each programming exercise.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Badger

Michael Badgeris a writer and technical communicator who has worked in a range of technical roles, including support, automated software testing, and project management. He has authored several books for Packt Publishing, including Scratch 1.4 Beginner's Guide. He also authors a regular Scratch column for Raspberry Pi Geek Magazine, which focuses on Scratch 1.4.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1782160728
• ISBN 13: 9781782160724
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296