ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 02/25/12 - 03/02/12

The weekly roundup is 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
02/25/12 - 03/02/12

• Did you attend the SIGCSE (ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) Conference? There were fantastic papers, projects, and presentations about Scratch. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/stories/scratch-and-scratched-sigcse-2012

• Join us next Saturday, March 10 for our monthly Scratch Educator Meetup at MIT to network and share with local Scratch educators. Register now! - http://mar2012meetup.eventbrite.com/

• We had a fantastic time during ScratchEd Webinar Wednesday with special guest, Aaron Morris from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, who facilitated a discussion around "Sharing with Scratch". If you missed it, the webinar recording and presentation slides are available online. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/sharing-scratch-february-2012-scratched-webinar

• Considering hosting a Scratch Day event? The Fundación Gabriel Piedrahita Uribe (Eduteka) has just announced that they will be organizing a Scratch Day event in Cali, Colombia. Join the celebration! - http://www.eduteka.org/ScratchDay2012

• Robert Drummond, a primary school teacher in Scotland, blogged about what his students discovered during a 15 minute exploration with Scratch. - blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/WhatsgoingoninP5/

• At the Science & Technology Park at the University of Girona, Eduard Muntaner-Perich introduced Scratch to fifth graders during a workshop. Check out photos from the session. - http://udigital.udg.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81

• Scratch Team members, Amos Blanton and Eric Rosenbaum have developed a Scratch workshop where participants create Rube Goldberg-style chain reactions using Scratch and LEGO WeDo. Find out what happened. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/physical-digital-chain-reaction-using-wedo-robotics-scratch