ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 07/02/11 - 07/08/11

Welcome to the weekly roundup where the ScratchEd Team shares some of the major -- as well as some of the overlooked -- news, stories, and events related to Scratch that took place throughout the week.

ScratchEd Weekly Roundup
07/02/11 - 07/08/11

• Happy Fourth of July! Check out the gallery of projects created by Scratchers celebrating Independence Day in the U.S. - http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/12957

• Al Banda from ActivSpaces in Buea, Cameroon shares a recap and reflections from the Scratch workshops held last week for Cameroonian youth. You can read the ScratchEd story or find the original blog post here. - http://activspaces.com/2011/07/scratch-workshop-recap/

• Dimitris Nikolos is interested in discovering strategies for teaching elementary students about variables using Scratch. Share your thoughts here. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/node/10109 

• Fran Lucena created a new gallery of Scratch projects from students of the made by students of the III Campus Infantil de Software Libre de la University of Granada in Spain. - http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/128820

• The Japanese newspaper, Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, featured a story on the work Kazuhiro Abe and friends have done teaching Scratch to Japanese elementary students and in local community centers. - http://twitpic.com/5msww3

• The New England Sports Academy (NESA) in Westwood, Massachusetts is offering a 4-week summer program on Scratch starting August 1 - http://academicsatnesa.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/new-summer-workshop-at-nesa-m-f-81-92-4-weeks-4-6-pm/

These are just a few things that we found. Do you have news from the week that you'd like to share? Please post it as a comment below.

Know about something that could be posted in a future roundup? Email us at scratched@scratch.mit.edu.