One Laptop Per Child students, as always, have been working extra hard these past couple of days, both inside and outside of class. Mainly, our focus has been on Etoys…we still have so much to learn! We’re are working more on using a holder to make one image change to another.
Additionally, we were given the wonderful opportunity of teaching the lower school 5th graders how to use the Scratch program. Because they used an older version of Scratch, we had to quickly familiarize ourselves to get used to the different aspects. For a lot of us, this was our first time actually teaching younger students and monitoring a class. Some of us were a little nervous about tackling on this special task (I know I was!), but overall, I think everyone did a fantastic job, and things went fairly smoothly. With the help of each other and Ms. Murakami, we were able to explain a step-by-step process of creating meet-and-greet sprites. We were very lucky to have had this first experience. I found that demonstrating a certain process to someone else actually taught me a little more about the program. Yes, I had times where I simply did not know what to do or how to help, but I was able to learn solutions by simply clicking around. Thankfully, several of the younger girls caught on quickly and found tricks I’d never even heard of. It was so interesting to see their creative minds put into action, and I was glad to be a part of it!
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