In class the past couple of weeks we have been jumping back and forth from Etoys and Scratch, learning more and more about both of the programs. We have also been preparing lesson plans to use when we teach the 5th graders coming up. We are planning on teaching them to use Scratch, and make two characters walk toward each other, say something, and then walk away.
Something else we have been working on in Etoys is taking multiple pictures and make the images move so the object looks like it is being changed. For example, below I have a picture of mine. I drew 5 pictures of a Popsicle, however each drawing is different, I drew each Popsicle to get smaller as though it looks like someone is taking a bight out of it. When you put the images together, it appears to be a fast motion of someone eating a Popsicle. You could do any type of motion/ imagery, for example some of my class mates did a person smiling, or an apple falling from a tree. You could really do any action, just as long as you draw the images that represent the clips of the motions. My favorite thing so far has been working with Etoys, and creating games, like in the screen clip above. I really enjoy creating my own characters, like the shark, and designing and picking the colors of the objects. I also like how official you can make the game, with the joystick and the “press me” button to reset the game.
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