11/06/2018

[9/2] My experience with SCRATCH and 2 connections to the (art) classroom

I created a virtual exhibition to present my work with SCRATCH program. I initially searched for existing works(coding)on themes that resembles gallery/museum that has shared by users on the scratch website. I found few finished works that reflect with what I had in my mind. So, i began my first step in creating creative coding by replicating (remix) it, and just played around with pre-existing code. During this process, I partially modified codings and images as well. But that didn't seem to work as I had a plan in my head and resulted in me with enormous frustration. I kept repeating myself going back to the original coder’s page and start over and over again. So in the end, I went back to start from scratch... I did a little doodling sketch on paper to make sure I stay simple and not adding unnecessary elements to avoid either collapsing and making a mess that I don't even know what I had done. So, i tried to make it simple as much as possible..... just to make it work.

I started working on my piece after I decided what I want to do in a class activity in art class. I want my potential art class students to use scratch as a medium to present their artworks creates in class. Students can create a narrative scene to explain their works for their final presentation how I did with SCRATCH . Also, it can be used as a showcase portfolio piece to hold all of their artworks together. In both ways, students will be able to learn basic coding creatively.