Hi im Ade from Bali, Indonesia
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Hi!
I’m Maria, from Italy.
Nice to be here with you!
M.
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@JayElf can you shed more light on interactive learning?
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Hi, I am Vero from Mexico, I am a happy kindergarten teacher, I love to create with my children and with my colleagues, I have a group of teachers named Edukreativos, we love to make “creative fiestas”, and every year since 2009 we celebrate the Scratch Day Mexico, now Scratch Day Latam, with a lot of friends from diferent countries.
We enjoy to share activities, tips, events or anything, if these could help somebody to learn about how to be better teacher and better person.
I love to make friends all around the world.
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I live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am a librarian and I run a makerspace. Looking to connect and learn.
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Yay! @Vero 
Hi @Wasiu 
just wondering if I’ve understood what you are looking for OK 
Are you looking at ways of encouraging more reserved students to engage, participate, share and use their voice with tools like Scratch? 
( DM me if I’ve got the wrong idea on your question, or easier to chat : ) )
@Shauna nice to hear that. Where are you based?
@JayElf thank you for your attempt to understand my request. Yes you got my requisition.
Kindly let me have your suggestions.
You can DM me on +2349053617103 on WhatsApp or telegram.
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That’s great! : )
Firstly thinking I’d try to ensure they feel in a safe space, where everyone’s ideas and opinions are respected, and find ways for them to work on projects connected to their own interests : ) Connecting to the student’s own passions, encouraging personalisation of their projects, and showing different ways/tools to express themselves, should definitely help engage and encourage them
More reserved students might be less keen on using camera and microphone. Within Scratch at CoderDojo, personally I’ve encouraged them to make silly sounds for sprites, and show use of the sound effects in sounds editor for when recording their voice, as a start. There is the video sensing extension within Scratch itself, and also Scratch Lab has Face Sensing which might encourage use of camera.
Maybe working in small group with others they feel comfortable with, might also help them feel more able to share their own ideas with others, than needing to talk up in a larger group. My friend @OLVL also suggested that maybe they could have roles within a collaborative project, picking whichever role they like the most - such as designing sprite costumes, coming up with a storyline, or recording music for a project.
Also, thinking this could be a great question for you to add as a forum Open Topic @Wasiu, to help you get some more thoughts on this from other educators in this wonderful Community
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Hi from Ukraine!
It so pleasant to read your “I am a happy kindergarten teacher,”
Your message sounds so kind and warm. Nice to meet you here @Vero 
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Hi Beka! It’s pretty inspiring that you originally learned how to program via Scratch! How long did it take you to learn programming with it? And what was the most difficult or challenging concept to learn?
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My dear friend in Ukraine, is a pleasure to know about you and what you do, the best thing in the world is when you make things or work in something who put a smile in your face, this is the meaning of happiness. Be happy with you and make happy others.
My love to Ukraine and all the people who lives there.
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A big hug from Mexico
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@Vero …and a BIG hug back from the UK! 
Huh, that’s a difficult question to answer, because I feel like I’m still learning programming! And I wasn’t really trying to “learn programming” when I was using Scratch, I was trying to make fun games :D
Eg, when I was “done” with Scratch and moved on to Unity I didn’t understand that function parameters could hold references to objects, rather than a copy of the object, because Scratch doesn’t have first-class objects (eg lists).
I think the closest answer to your question I can give is that I did scratch for ~1 year before moving on to Unity. But I was also homeschooled, so I put more hours into it per day than someone who is in school could have hehe.
Best wishes,
–Beka
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Thank you for your reply, Beka! I think that any knowledge is a well without a bottom, and I think that anyone who learns anything, including programming, will always have something more to learn about it:). I love your answer, and I like how your goal intially was to make fun games!:) Your example for me circles back to the four p’s: you wanted to make fun games --passion, play, and projects, and there is a community on Scratch who could appreciate your work (peers). I was curious to learn how Scratch influenced your journey with learning programming as I myself am exploring different ways and avenues of learning it, so it’s always cool to find out what worked for others. Thanks again for your answer!
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Dear @Vero , I love so much your “the best thing in the world is when you make things or work in something who put a smile in your face”. Yes!!! “This is the meaning of happiness.” 
Many thanks for sending love - it is so important for everyone in Ukraine. 
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Olá. Sou Andrea Lina, moro no Brasil. Eu sou uma professora de inglês e estou aqui para expandir meu pensamento e criar aulas mais divertidas e atraentes.
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All my life I have believed in the importance of communicating to others, that nothing gives you more joy than doing what you like and maybe you will achieve the magic that someone else likes it as you do.
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