Reflections on Intro Scratch Workshop for Educators - Saturday, January 14, 2012 @ MIT

Thanks to everyone who joined us at MIT for the Intro Scratch Workshop for Educators last Saturday!

Here are some reflections and resources from the session...

Attendees

• Cristina Abell
• Jesse Abrams
• Liz Breen
• Caitlin Browne
• Kelly Burger
• Lawrence Burns
• Dan Callahan
• Josh Conescu
• Stacia Copeland
• Carolyn Dubois
• Sarah Dunton
• Stephanie Fiano
• John Gomes
• Norma Gordon
• Dea Haupt
• Joshua Lopes
• Helen Mastico
• Barbara McFall
• Holly Meleski
• Danika Mendis
• Madhvi Patil
• Patricia Pepin
• Noah Ratzan
• Betsye Sargent
• Annie Smith
• Jennifer Smith
• Terry Watterson
• Jennifer Wiley-Cordone
• Karen Brennan
• Michelle Chung
• Ricarose Roque
• Mónica Oliver

You can connect with other participants by leaving comments on their profile page.

Summary
We organized the 4-hour workshop around sessions #1 and #2 of the new Scratch curriculum guide. Upon arrival, each participant received a Scratch Starter Kit, which included a copy of the curriculum guide, Scratch Cards, and other fun Scratch resources to help them get started. Over lunch, Karen presented an overview of Scratch and showed the range of possibilities through a variety of Scratch projects. This was followed by the Something Surprising activity (session #1 in the guide) facilitated by Karen and Ricarose. What followed was an explosion of creativity as participants were given an hour and a half of hands-on building time to explore and develop their own Scratch projects. The creations ranged from interactive collages and stories to games and simulations. Afterwards, we held a gallery walk and impromptu Show & Tell session for participants to share their work with one another. Then the workshop ended with Karen guiding reflection and group discussion.

You can view photos from the event on ScratchEd's Flickr page

Resources
Here are resources that were shared during the workshop:

• Scratch curriculum guide draft - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-curriculum-guide-draft
• Scratch cards - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-cards
• Scratch online community - http://scratch.mit.edu

Future Events

• Meet and share with other educators at Scratch Educator Meetups, held every first Saturday of the month. The next meetup is Saturday, February 3, 10am to 1pm - http://feb2012meetup.eventbrite.com
• Join us online every last Wednesday of the month for ScratchEd Webinar Wednesday, where we discuss different Scratch-related topics. The next webinar is "My First Scratch Project" on Wednesday, January 25 at 7pm - http://scratchedwebinarjan2012.eventbrite.com
• Save the date! Scratch Day 2012 is on May 19, 2012 - http://day.scratch.mit.edu
• The biennial Scratch conference will be held this summer, July 25-28 at MIT. - http://events.scratch.mit.edu/conference
• Find out about other upcoming events on our Events page.

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Thanks again and we hope to hear from you or see you at the next ScratchEd event!