Generative Art In Scratch

Curriculum Ties (in addition to satisfying multiple core competencies)

ADST Core Competencies:

Communication

• Collaborating : Students will collaborate with each other in the creation of the artwork, and share it with others

Thinking

• Creative Thinking: Students will develop their own artwork

ADST Curricular Competencies 

Understanding Context: Students will research and gather examples of existing pieces of generative art.

Defining: Students will discover the potentials and limitations of algorithmically generated art

Ideating: Students can work by themselves or in groups in order to generate potential ideas and add to others’ ideas. 

Prototyping: Students will be given the opportunity to build multiple experimental pieces of artwork..

Testing: Students will be able to test their ideas and present their experiments to gather feedback from teachers and peers. 

Making: After multiple rounds of testing and making alterations, students will be able to construct the final product incorporating all of the planned changes.

Sharing: You can also allow time for students to play with or present each other’s artworks.

Applied Skills

• During the multistep process the students will have ample opportunity to learn how to use their materials, tools, and technologies in a safe manner. 
• Students will also be able to develop their design and presentation skills. 
  
  

Grade 6/7 ADST: 

• Computational Thinking

• Visual Programming
• Simple algorithms that reflect computational thinking
• Sorting, searching, sequence, selection, repetition
• Specific statements to complete simple tasks

• Media Arts

• techniques for using images, sounds, and text to communicate information, settings, ideas, and story structure
• media technologies and techniques to capture, edit, and manipulate images, sounds, and text for specific purposes
• influences of digital media for the purpose of communication and self-expression

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