Scratch Project Reflection

This project was a lot of work. It took me a very long time to figure out how exactly to get the "sprite" to do what I wanted it to do. After playing around with it a lot and getting some information from classmates and Jeff, I eventually figured it out. The more I messed around with it the better I think it got. Once a person learns the basics, you should be able to manipulate it anyway you want.

When I finished it i did get a sense of accomplishment. I made everyone in my house play with my moon phase model that I created. They thought it was cool and I tried to get my 11 year old to create his own, but I didn't have time to give him much direction and he quickly lost interest.

I feel that this would be a fun and interactive project that student can work on over a period of time. They are not something that can be created in a short amount of time, I don't think anyway. I do feel that it would be a very rewarding project because I was very proud of my finished project in the end.

Since I want to teach K-2nd grade, I feel that I would have to be very involved in helping students create these projects if I was to use them in the future. I think they it would be perfect for third grade and up though because it does require some reading skills and coordination to create.

I still could place context on one and have younger students use the "game" to reinforce inportant concepts and skills with the younger kids in my future classroom.