Scratch Preliminaries

Hey folks, if you want to get started, download scratch from M.I.T. and create an account: http://scratch.mit.edu/download You should also install Java on your machine if you haven't already: http://www.java.com/en/ Java allows you to run scratch project right in your browser.

But don't do anything else! This session is for BEGINNERS ONLY. Like me. If you start getting into it you'll be ahead of me, and then my 6th grader will have to explain your questions to me. The install takes -- I kid you not -- 60 seconds or less. Then "friend" me and my son on scratch. I'm alexpearson60 and he is "masterofmonkeys".

And remember: no skipping ahead of the teacher! We all have to discover this together. If I catch anyone skipping ahead then they are just going to have to come down and teach the class themselves.