[nfbcs] Scratch from M I T

Nancy Coffman nancy.l.coffman at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 12:41:18 UTC 2016 

One alternative might be to find a correspondence course in introductory computer programming and take that in Lou of the high school course. Again, that we need to be discussed with your instructor, but it might give you some better real world experience. How you handle this might also depend on whether you plan to go into computer science. If it doesn't matter, it isn't worth as much effort.

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> On Sep 2, 2016, at 7:09 AM, Aaron Cannon via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> My kids have played around with Scratch some. Basically, as I understand it, you program by draging blocks around, and snapping them together. These represent your control statements—your ifs, whiles, and so forth. You then place characters on another part of the screen called the stage, and your source code makes them move around. It is pretty cool tech, as long as you can see it.
> 
> When I was in highschool, they didn't offer a programming class at all. So I made my own. I got permission to independently study C. So I had one period where I would sit in the office of one of the computer teachers and read an EBook and complete the exercises in it. (Anyone remember when RFB had no "and D" in there name? Or when they used to sell—yes sell—EBooks?)
> 
> It was a great experience, and a nice leg up for my eventual carreer.
> 
> In short, what I'm saying is that this could be a great oppertunity. While your classmates are playing with blocks on the screen, you can be learning a real programming language.
> 
> Good luck. Let us know how it works out for you.
> 
> Aaron 
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>> On Sep 2, 2016, at 05:31, Taylor Arndt via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Yes it's only part of the course
>> 
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>>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 9:12 PM, Steve Jacobson via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Taylor,
>>> 
>>> Sorry, I missed this was a high school class.  I am still guessing that
>>> SCRATCH will only be a part of the course.  I would think that working out
>>> an alternative assignment would make sense.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Steve Jacobson
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Cc: Taylor Arndt <taylorarndt99 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Scratch from M I T
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>>> Thank you, but this is actually a high school pours. So what do you
>>> recommend I do? Should I find out turn of assignments?
>>> 
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>>>>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Steve Jacobson via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Taylor,
>>>> 
>>>> How you address this probably is determined by why you are taking the 
>>>> course.  Most intro courses explore multiple ways of programming and 
>>>> there is a chance that this is just one section of your course.  If 
>>>> you think you will be pursuing studies involved with computers, it 
>>>> isn't a bad idea to learn how systems like this work.  It would mean 
>>>> that you would need to work with a reader or other assistant to 
>>>> understand how the system works well enough to instruct that person as 
>>>> to what needs to be done.  During my career, as I've said here before, 
>>>> I have had to learn some inaccessible systems so that I could make 
>>>> appropriate decisions as to when they should be used on projects.
>>>> 
>>>> On the other hand, if this is just a requirement that you want to get 
>>>> through. It should be reasonable to explore with the professor an 
>>>> alternative project.  In general, NotePad++ is accessible but not all 
>>>> of the plug-ins for it are very accessible.  However, mentioning that 
>>>> program says to me that you will be doing some programming that is
>>> text-based.
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck, and if you have more specific questions we'll try to help.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Steve Jacobson
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Taylor 
>>>> Arndt via nfbcs
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 2:42 PM
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>>>> Cc: Taylor Arndt <taylorarndt99 at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Scratch from M I T
>>>> 
>>>> Introduction to programming
>>>> 
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>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 3:22 PM, Jessica Dail via nfbcs 
>>>>>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> What class is it?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I might be able to do some research so I can better assist you.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Jessica
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 3:09 PM, Taylor Arndt via nfbcs 
>>>>>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi, so I am assigned a programming class in school. All is well, 
>>>>>> until I
>>>> realized that were using scratch from an IT. It is totally accessible, 
>>>> and you have to move pictures around. What do I do? Then, the teacher 
>>>> told me that we use Notepad plus plus for coding. Do I do more 
>>>> CodeBase work? If anybody had to suggestions please let me know, as 
>>>> school starts on Tuesday and I'm really not sure what to do.
>>>>>> 
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