Technology Tips: Scratch

byMinni Agarwal

Scratch is a simple visual programming language created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. It uses blocks to make coding and programming easy to understand and learn. You can create your own interactive stories, games and animations using these building blocks. It encourages creative thinking while working and learning.

Scratch Elements Sprites: These are the project’s main characters or actors. You can instruct these sprites to do something. By default, a cat’s image is set as a sprite. Script: It instructs the main characters or sprites what to do or say. Blocks: These are like puzzle