What is Scratch?Scratch is a free visual programming language that can be used for a variety of tasks (see list below). Scratch was designed to be a "stepping stone" for students and educators to "get their feet wet" in programming. Scratch is an augmentation of coding; Scratch makes coding free of hassle to novice programmers. By removing the difficulty of programming, Scratch can draw in interest from those who would otherwise be immediately turned away. "Scratch is a visual programming environment that allows users (primarily ages 8 to 16) to learn computer programming while working on personally meaningful projects such as animated stories and games. A key design goal of Scratch is to support self-directed learning through tinkering and collaboration with peers." Maloney, J., Resnick, M., Rusk, N., Silverman, B., & Eastmond, E. (2010). The scratchprogramming language and environment. TOCE ACM Transactions on Computing Education Trans. Comput. Educ., 10(4), 115. What can Scratch be used for?
Why Scratch?
Types of blocks in ScratchWhat makes Scratch easy to use?
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How to create your own sprite gif
Be sure to use either 16x16 Pixels for 320x240 Resolution Or 32x32 Pixels for 640x480 Resolution for your sprite! you can always enlarge your image, but these two sizes will make the process much easier to complete successfully.
"Draw" out each animation separately (you can use your previous drawing as a guide for the next one). Create your multiple images (each in it’s own layer in Gimp or Photoshop) of your subject moving. Be sure your positioning is correct. Save a new image file after making each image. You can then use online software that "strings" your images together to create a gif. My Gif
I created each frame of this gif in Gimp.
This sprite is my Dungeons and Dragons character casting Magic Missile. She floats and bounces as she casts this spell. How to create your own StopMotion video
StopMotion is fairly popular for the movie industry. Clay-mation films are stopmotion films because the objects (manipulated objects - usually clay) are moved in micro-sequences to appear as moving when the pictures taken of them are strung together.
“Stop motion animation forces the artist to sensitively break the story down and dissect a personal narrative into minute fragments and subtle movements”
Blair, J. (2014). Animated autoethnographies: Stop motion animation as a tool for selfinquiry and personal evolution. Art Education, 67(2), 613.
JellyCam is software that allows the creation of stopmotion to be created in a user-friendly way. JellyCam is also freeware, which allows amateurs to dabble in creating stopmotion.
JellyCam is an augmentation of expensive software to allow anyone to make an attempt at creating a stopmotion film. The functional improvement for JellyCam, is a user-friendly interface that allows anyone to begin exploring with stopmotion. My StopMotion
This is my first stopmotion film. In the film you will see 4 specific methods I used. I incorporate drawing, a live-being (my pet rat), claymation, and puppeting (a teddy bear).
I created this stopmotion about my rat, Coco, as a tribute to the friendship we have. She has cancer, and I know will not be with me for much longer. She is still a lively critter, and I was very glad she was able to be energetic for this video. The Beginnings of |
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Technological advances bring new software and new ideas. For the short span of time video-games have existed, they have drastically evolved. Studying some of the classics help us admire how programmers created complex games and sounds from earlier forms of technology.
Creating sound effects allows students to modify how they create sounds. How many classrooms do students get to play video-games, let alone create them? Music classrooms allow students to create music on traditional instruments while studying music theory. What if students created sounds like retro game programmers did? Retro game programmers created music without needing musical backgrounds. That's what makes retro game soundtracks and sound effects so impressive.
Creating sound effects allows students to modify how they create sounds. How many classrooms do students get to play video-games, let alone create them? Music classrooms allow students to create music on traditional instruments while studying music theory. What if students created sounds like retro game programmers did? Retro game programmers created music without needing musical backgrounds. That's what makes retro game soundtracks and sound effects so impressive.
Types of Retro Game Sounds
Pulse Wave/Square Wave:
- Rectangle shaped
- Makes a “beep” noise.
- Triangle Shaped
- Commonly used for bass-lines in music
- Noise channel does not have a common wave shape
- Sounds similar to static or white noise
Sounds are Important
Have you ever entered in your PIN in a checkout lane and no "beeps" were emitted when you pressed the keys? Did you have to check the screen to be sure your PIN was truly being entered? Hearing a noise is rewarding. Our cell phones make clicks when we send messages and a sound plays when your message is sent. These sounds provide confirmation actions took place. If you mute a horror film, is it still scary? Music and sound effects are incredibly important.
Creating Sound Effects
Below are the sound files I created for my MaKey MaKey project. I created sounds that suited the spells my Dungeons and Dragons wizard could cast. I wanted to use these sounds with my MaKey MaKey project (a spell book).
Below is also a list of the softward I used to create these sounds.
Below is also a list of the softward I used to create these sounds.
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The inside of the project with my MaKeyMaKey inside the cut out portion of the book:
Long before computers, technology existed in various forms. Automatas or Automatons are machines that perform a specific function set by a programmer. Automata can be simple or complex.
In class, we made our own, simple automata. Here is my finished automata:
In class, we made our own, simple automata. Here is my finished automata:
Title: 我爱你,我的龙 (Wǒ ài nǐ, wǒ de lóng)
I have always had a fascination with Traditional Chinese paintings. I visited a few temples during my stay in China, and the paintings inside these temples were some of the most beautiful images I had ever seen. I wanted to create this automata to relive my love for those temples.
I used a side-to-side motion for the dragon(the left side of the image below). There is a cam, pivot, and axle to create this "rocking" motion.
I used a round-and-round motion for the lantern (the right side of the image below). There is a cam and a cam follower; the cam follower has clay holding it down as a weight for the mechanism to work.
I have always had a fascination with Traditional Chinese paintings. I visited a few temples during my stay in China, and the paintings inside these temples were some of the most beautiful images I had ever seen. I wanted to create this automata to relive my love for those temples.
I used a side-to-side motion for the dragon(the left side of the image below). There is a cam, pivot, and axle to create this "rocking" motion.
I used a round-and-round motion for the lantern (the right side of the image below). There is a cam and a cam follower; the cam follower has clay holding it down as a weight for the mechanism to work.
I personally believe that technology is an overwhelmingly important tool to use in the art classroom. We are constantly surrounded with technology every day, so we should utilize creating technology in the classroom. The cardboard automata project is a perfect project for children to begin tinkering with technology.
The Automata Project is a useful way to introduce technology in the classroom. Automata integrates early forms of technology into the modern day classroom. Students can explore possibilities with a moving, mechanical structure.
What kind of object do you want to make?
How will it move? Will it rock back and forth? spin? Move up and down?
This project is particularly important for children in that they can troubleshoot problems that arise in this project. They can learn basic mechanics through creating levers, cams, and linkages.
Teaching students how to create an automata, a precursor to modern technology, redefines standard projects created in the art classroom. Art is more than paintings, drawings, and ceramics. Art in technology is becoming more apparent in our every day lives, so why not teach art in technology in the classroom?
Below is a pdf that introduces the basic mechanics of a cardboard automata project.
Source: http://www.exploratorium.edu/pie/
The Automata Project is a useful way to introduce technology in the classroom. Automata integrates early forms of technology into the modern day classroom. Students can explore possibilities with a moving, mechanical structure.
What kind of object do you want to make?
How will it move? Will it rock back and forth? spin? Move up and down?
This project is particularly important for children in that they can troubleshoot problems that arise in this project. They can learn basic mechanics through creating levers, cams, and linkages.
Teaching students how to create an automata, a precursor to modern technology, redefines standard projects created in the art classroom. Art is more than paintings, drawings, and ceramics. Art in technology is becoming more apparent in our every day lives, so why not teach art in technology in the classroom?
Below is a pdf that introduces the basic mechanics of a cardboard automata project.
Source: http://www.exploratorium.edu/pie/
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