Community reviews for Scratch

It is a very dependable and great app for students to learn about coding. Besides allowing students to work on their problem solving skills, it really challenges their critical thinking skills and creativity, as they get to create whatever they want. The only downside to this app I would say is that it can be very easy for kids to get distracted on the website. I seen first hand that when students on working on a coding project, they might get bored and just go to play on an already published site. That is really the only downside, as it truly is a great website that teaches students how to code in a engaging way.

Scratch is a beautiful website where people can upload their own games, stories, and more! However, it isn't perfect. 1. Projects are taken down if they're reported by 4 different users. No moderation, just removal. I know this because there have been people who got angry at a project (god knows why), and so they created a bunch of alt accounts or got other people to report it, and the project was taken down. 2. There's no way to ban a user from a studio, project, forum, forum thread, or user page. This has led to lots of chainmail, project advertising, and spam. Even if you use code to ban their username from a project, they can simply use the "See Inside" feature to go into the code and remove their username from the project. 3. There's an option to download a project as a file. While this feature may seem innocent at first, it can be used for project theft. All you have to do is download the project, create a new project, upload the file, publish it, and there. You just committed Grand Theft Project. This has caused there to be thousands of clone platformer projects, all with that same stupid black and beveled cube with an eye. And yet, the general populous remains blissfully ignorant. 4. Adults are taking over Scratch. Adults with more experience have posted projects like online platformers, 3D laser-tag games, and even recreations of the game Among Us! This drowns out the projects of hard-working kids. In words you ancient adults will understand, trying to make a popular project as a starter (or a novice kid) is like trying to get a job in Hollywood acting.

Overall, this resource has been around for more than a decade and it's still one of the best block based coding program that's popular with children. I don't doubt the capabilities whatsoever. Some critical advice for this resource however is that it's easy for kids to get distracted here. If kids are busy trying to code their first project, they could end up losing focus and going along to play other games that are published on the website. I don't really know what can be done about this, but aside from that, it's the best resource to learn the basics of coding.

I love Scratch because Scratch benefits learning In two ways: One:Scratch lets you create projects and learn coding.Two: Scratch can inspire you by looking at other’s projects. It is great for learning.

It is a very versatile learning space for students. Their takeaway from this app is whatever they make it to be and can create many different projects with this app. It allows students to become really good problem solvers, as well as allowing them to exercise their creativity as well. In a group setting this truly challenges our students on how to stay on task, work with others, and be organized. The only challenge would be that there can be too many things that can distract students as well.

Scratch is an awesome learning resource, it could be used as an individual project as well as a group effort which helps with students' interpersonal, collaborative, and problem-solving skills. The only thing limiting a student with the desire of creating work is their own imagination, the possibilities are endless with the number of applications this program can have in a school setting, the only caveat would be that sometimes students can get frustrated at a program not working correctly, but I see it as an opportunity to teach them patience and perseverance.

I have used this service and thoroughly enjoyed it and the process of learning the syntax. I have coded before and I liked this tool as an introductory coding experience for students who are picking up computer science. Additionally, it would work with adults who are trying the grasp basic coding concepts as there are extensive tools that can be applied in this program and complex projects made.

Scratch is an awesome, MIT media lab derived! A free way to learn language and programming interactively. You can create your own games, animations and so much more! Only downfall is some bullies can access the site :(

This tool is a great tool to teach kids coding and to have them interact with their own creations or others. This website offers a variety of different ways to introduce students to coding or simply follow instructions and interact with the other material made by students.

This website showed me great variety of games and taught me how to code and make games!