Reflections on Scratch Educator Meetup @ MIT: Saturday, December 03, 2011

Thanks to everyone who was able to join us at the last Scratch educator meetup of 2011!

Here are resources and a recap from the session...

Attendees
Here's a list of people who attended Saturday's meetup:

• Sandra Bleecker
• Janet Dee
• Greg Dobosz
• Daniel Green
• Sarah Judd
• Colin Meltzer
• Chris Mosier
• Algot Runeman
• Rosemary Slattery
• Karen Brennan
• Michelle Chung
• Gracie Elqura
• Mylo Lam
• Aaron Morris
• Ricarose Roque

To connect with people you met, you can leave messages on people's profiles.

Recap

• After a speed dating networking activity, the group collectively developed the agenda for the day. We decided on two breakout sessions to discuss assessment and to share project ideas.
• Colin led the assessment group. First, he shared a work-in-progress evaluation plan which started a discussion around student's sharing projects as an assessment tool. Then Aaron and Colin role-played a student describing a project to a teacher with the rest of the group members sharing observations and ideas.
• Ricarose and Dan led another group across the room to share Scratch projects and lesson plan ideas. 
• Over lunch, each of the breakout groups shared their experiences with the rest of the participants, followed by a lightning round Show & Tell.
• View photos from the event on the ScratchEd Flickr page.

Resources

• New Scratch curriculum guide draft
• Scratch cards

Future Events

• Next meetup: Saturday, January 7, 10am to 1pm
• Intro Scratch Workshop: Saturday, January 14, 12pm-4pm
• Next webinar: Wednesday, January 25 at 7pm EDT
• Find out more information on our events page.

We look forward to meeting up with you again!