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Learning Computer Programming at The Franklin

Posted by Luke Van Meter on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 12:11 pm

In one of the Fall mini-courses at the Franklin Institute, 20 freshman SLA students learned to computer program in Scratch. The workshop was led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Deborah Fields from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Some of the best students completed by these junior programmers are shown below. We're very proud of their creative work!

Cooking Popcorn

By Jian Zhang

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/wizardjian/2202035

Best Maze Ever

By Nia Hammond

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/dreamsndvisions/2186191

Yoü and I

By Enthony Chhin and Jamira Carter

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/napalmfiend/2186187

Christmas Scratch Project

By Jaime Christmas

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Narwhalrapp3r/2200927

Scratch Project Final - Choose Your Own Character

By Traevon Gray

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/trae/2186159

Running Across the Boardwalk

By Jasmine Nieves

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/JazzyGurl101/2200937

Bored Funny Me

by Betty Louis

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/BettyFabulous/2200906

Robot

By Naihema Powell

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/stareyes/2186148

Gun Shot Targets

By Sabian Rosales

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/stareyes/2186369

Dance Party

By Nadir Meeks

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/PartyBoy618/2186192

Scratch Platform Game

By Gabriel Musselman

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/gmusselman/2186181

PONG: THE GAME

By Edgar Pacio

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/taco1234/2186165

Etch-A-Sketch

by Bailey Collins

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/IloveNelly/2186146

Wiz 2.0

By Jian Zhang

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/wizardjian/2155605

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Deborah Fields

Great projects. Congrats all.

5 months ago
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