Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. is an author, educator, and an IT professional with over 24 years' of experience in information technology, including roles as an automation analyst, technical manager, technical support analyst, automation engineer, and security analyst. He is the author of 40 books and co-author of two additional books. His published works include Getting Started with Game Maker, HTML, XHTML, and CSS for the Absolute Beginner; XNA 3.1 Game Development for Teens; Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 for Teens, and Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Programming for the Absolute Beginner. Ford has a master's degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and has over five years' experience as an adjunct instructor teaching networking courses in information technology.
Publisher
Course Technology PTR
Volume
Copyright
2009
ISBN13
9781305490703
Release
Format
eBook
Grade Level
9th Grade - 12th+
DDC
TBD
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Contents.
Introduction.
1: Scratch Basics.
2: Introducing Scratch.
3: Getting Comfortable with the Scratch Development Environment.
4: A Review of the Basic Components of Scratch Projects.
5: Mr. Wiggly's Dance—A Quick Scratch Project.
6: Learning How to Write Scratch Programs.
7: Moving Things Around.
8: Sensing Sprite Position and Controlling Environmental Settings.
9: Storing and Retrieving Data.
10: Doing a Little Math.
11: Conditional and Repetitive Logic.
12: Changing the Way Sprites Look and Behave.
13: Spicing Things Up with Sounds.
14: Drawing Lines and Shapes.
15: Advanced Topics.
16: Sharing Your Scratch Projects Over the Internet.
17: Collecting External Input Using a Scratch Board.
