Scratching my head

In my first experience using Scratch, I found it to be rather easy and fun to use.  Most of the instructions and processes were very intuitive.  A few steps I needed to view the tutorials on to understand, but even then the tutorials were quick and easy to understand. 

I ran into one rather major issue towards the end when I went to go share my project.  My project contained two “sprites” or characters, yet when I went to share it, one had completely disappeared.  This made it so my storyboard did not make any sense at all.  I ended up searching online for instructions on how to fix the issue.  After reading through a couple of help boards found via Google, I was able to resolve the issue.  Without setting the character in question to hidden, for some reason it became hidden, and I had to actively “show” the character.

Overall, I found it enjoyable, but I do wish there were more animations (or "costumes") per sprite.  I can’t complain since it is a free program, but the limitations on the sprite poses make some of the story-telling a bit limited.

Compared to the interactive experiences in our textbook, Scratch was by far more user-friendly.  Dragging commands to a storyboard was much easier than trying to understand which binary code was the correct one for you to be used in that case, or even easier than using the High-Level Language or Python.

If you wish to view my embarrassing attempt at using Scratch, please click the link below:     

 https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/550235751