How to Make an About Me Project in Scratch
From Scratch
9 min2nd3rd4th5thTechnologyReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A project tutorial building a personal "About Me" slideshow-style project, with buttons that switch between backdrops showing favorite things, hobbies, and facts -- a creative-writing project wearing a coding hat.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This video builds a clickable "About Me" project with different slides about the creator.
- What topics did the video include as slides?
- How does clicking a button change which slide shows?
- What three things about yourself would you want to include?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: slide, backdrop, button.
Try it: List three facts about yourself you'd put on three different "slides" of your own About Me project.