 Hey, what's up crew it's surfing scratcher here and it's great to be back bringing you another series of surfing scratcher In this video, I just want to share with you life eight or nine things that will set you up to have success with this season I'm going to be sharing some new innovations for this channel as well These decisions have been based on the feedback that you guys have been giving me which is awesome So continue that coming in so let's go check out number one A little while ago I made a video on the scratch operators blocks and I did leave out a couple in particular That one that has a drop-down menu. So I've gone away and I've made a whole new series to explore it It's going to be around 12 videos over the next three months I'll be working on some new content in the background while I release it I'm hoping that'll be a steady stream of content for you guys in the future So if you caught the trailer video last week, you would have seen that we're going to be making a space shooter game The focus of this season of surfing scratcher is trigonometry. Yeah, that's right We're going to be exploring the trigonometry functions You can find them all in that scratch reporter block that has that drop-down menu with all those gnarly mouse functions Big shout out to the crew at raywinderlick.com as that's where I found this tutorial that we're going to be working through If you want to go and check it out, I'll post a link down in the description I'm going to be real with you for some of you out there The content in this season is going to be particularly tricky for some of you It might not be where you're at and that's okay I strongly encourage you to have a crack at it anyway and have multiple passes of it to build your understanding For those of you still in primary or elementary school using scratch This is going to set you up for some mathematics that you'll do in high school So it's kind of neat that you're going to have an initial pass at it and I want to be completely honest with you I've made this game three times. Yeah, that's right three the first time That's when I use that tutorial from raywinderlick.com and that was tricky It didn't get it all right And I had to jump over to the scratch forums to figure some stuff out The second time was a practice round to get it ready to record for you guys and the third time Well, that's when I actually made the recordings that you're going to experience and I've got to say It certainly bolstered my understanding of trigonometry making this game as well But just in case you're finding it really hard I want you to be aware of these stories that you could be telling yourself stuff like I'm not smart enough or I'm not good enough Oh, I'm not good at maths like all of that is rubbish. It's all on mindset Yeah, it might be tricky right now, but life is tricky. It's just an opportunity for you to learn and grow I'm here to help you along the way So make sure that you're posting comments and I do my best to help you out If you find yourself you are telling yourself those self-defeating stories, I'm gonna challenge you I want you to append the word yet. So something like I'm not good at maths You just put yet on the end of it when you add that little word yet What that does is it creates an intention the intention is that you're gonna work hard and you're gonna persevere through this Remember, I'm just one person trying to build your understanding, but I'm not necessarily the best person for it There are heaps of other resources out there that you can go and check out. Heck, you should be doing that. Anyway, triangulating your sources I'll be linking to heaps of Khan Academy videos down below in the description because Salman Khan has some incredible Mathematics instruction videos. Just remember you've got this play the long game not the short game So this season is gonna be a bit of a marathon spread over around 12 weeks worth of tutorials Now if you're impatient and you can't wait week to week I suggest you head over to my Patreon page because that's where I'm gonna bulk upload for videos each month Showing your support for this channel on Patreon goes a long way to making these videos possible Of course, you can find a link to all that business down in the description And if you're an educator in the house great news because there are resources I'm gonna be releasing each week that accompany these videos So if you're teaching the trick theory in your classrooms, this would be a great opportunity to apply those concepts in real life Okay, it's not technically real life, but it kind of is If you've been following me since the beginning of this channel, you know I love a good starter project and this series is full of them the start of each video I'll have a shout-out to me start a project that you can download In fact, I'm gonna create a whole pack that you can download all at the same time And all you need to do is just register your email to grab those it's my online scratch page It's getting a little bit crowded with all these starter projects Okay, some new stuff that's coming in this season as well. I'm pretty pumped about this I'm gonna be introducing the surfing scratcher shout-out. This is where I'm gonna make a shout-out to you guys out in the community The reason for that is that I want to give you guys some big ups and use some really cool stuff There's going to be a couple of ways that you can get a shout-out First you can head over to my profile and scratch and you can make a video request there If I make you video, I'm going to give you a shout-out because you inspire me to make it Another way to get a shout-out is to remix one of my projects and show me how you modified it I love that kind of engagement. I love when you've taken something and you put your own spin on it That's really cool The third way is that I've created a shout-out studio now become a member of this studio and share just one project of your own That's not how you're going to get a shout-out. You're going to get a shout-out when you make a positive and curious comment on somebody else's project I want to use that studio as a place where we can cultivate constructive curious conversations between each other What's a positive comment? It's simply like I like how you did xyz I want you to be stepping outside of your own shoes and contributing positively to other people That's the kind of stuff. I absolutely love Lastly, I can't guarantee that you'll get a shout-out and the way to not get a shout-out is to just request it Hey, serving scratcher. Can I have a shout-out? No Go back about 30 seconds and you can find all the ways to get a shout-out. The final way is if you join the highest patreon tier I'll definitely give you a shout-out some credits on the video Okay, we're nearly at the end. Another new innovation for this season is going to be a fax video So that's frequently asked questions. All those questions that I can't already point you on to another video or scratch wiki I'm going to make a compilation of all your questions that are out there. They're going to be like rapid fire stuff So if you got a question post it in the comments down below I'm going to find the common themes and then I'll get those answers too. And now for the first shout-out Thanks for taco cat underscore gaming for making this suggestion Now the best type of frequently asked questions are ones that will benefit everyone the questions. They're like, hey Can you tell me what's wrong with my project? That's not what's going to get on to this particular video So you've got more general scratch related questions. That's what I'm looking for Okay, now for the last point. I just want to mention that I'm going to be slightly tweaking the direction of this channel over the coming months What does that mean? Well, essentially, it's not going to be a scratch only channel I want to be bringing you content that's all about learning Learning techniques to help you learn quicker help you encode information And really just to unlock the way that you learn giving you heaps of tips and tricks I've been exploring this myself over the past year and I'm fascinated with it And I want to bring you all that gold as well. But don't worry. There's still going to be scratch content It's just not going to be the focal point. So there you have it. That's it from me and next week We're going to get started with the trigonometry series. I'm super pumped to bring this series to you And I can't wait to see your creations. Let's get stuck into it next week. I'll see you there