GCTC Seminole Campus Digital Media instructor Betty Lowrance recently taught a dozen Girl Scouts the basics of computer programming. First, they wrote very clear steps necessary to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to understand sequential logic. Scouts used Snap Circuits to do experiments using light, sound, and movement by configuring a plastic circuit board with more than 30 snap-on parts. 

They also learned about Scratch Programming developed by MIT. Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music and art to share on the Web. 

Scratch projects helped the Scouts learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. Shauna Deaton with the Girl Scouts of Oklahoma helped Mrs. Lowarance with the event.