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Lisa Esposito tinkering without an account to see what happens.

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STEP 1: Explore Teacher Candidate Rolla's name story on Scratch

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STEP 1: Explore Teacher Candidate Rolla's name story on Scratch

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Rolla was a student of Ting Yuan's at the College of Staten Island. As an assignment in Dr. Yuan's Early Childhood literacy course, Rolla created an animation project using a digital tool and programming environment called Scratch. It is about the story of her name.

1) Watch the video.

2) Comment below, what stands out to you?

3) Why do you think Dr. Yuan integrated this activity into her Early Childhood Literacy course?

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Scratch is a tool that people of all ages use to create games, stories, and animations. It is also a programming environment -- users program objects on the screen, called "sprites" to take actions, like moving, spinning, changing color.

Go to the Scratch website and click "Join Scratch" at the top right to make an account.

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STEP 3: Try the embedded tutorial on Scratch to animate your name

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STEP 3: Try the embedded tutorial on Scratch to animate your name

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Directions:

1. Click on the link above.

2. Click "sign in" on the top left, sign in to your account.

3. Press the play button to watch the video tutorial in the center of the screen.

4. Follow along with the tutorial! You can shrink the video tutorial or move it around the screen as you go.

5. Use the arrow keys to go to the next part of the tutorial

6. Not vibing with this tutorial? The folks at BootUp PD offer a more step by step series of videos here.

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STEP 4: Share a link to your project in the comments!

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STEP 4: Share a link to your project in the comments!

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1. Give your project a name other than "Untitled" by clicking on the project name at the top of the page, and typing in your preferred project name

2. Click the bright orange "share" button

3. Copy the link to your project.

4. Paste as a comment to this post.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/864313047

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/867725943

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STEP 5: Explore the Educator Guide to run this activity in a classroom

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STEP 5: Explore the Educator Guide to run this activity in a classroom

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Inspired by this activity? Take a look at the educator guide you can use to run this activity in a classroom.