ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 03/17/12 - 03/23/12

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
03/17/12 - 03/23/12

• Join us next week for ScratchEd Webinar Wednesday on Wednesday, March 28 at 7pm EDT. During this webinar, we'll share a preview of Scratch 2.0. Sign up for a reminder email. - http://scratchedwebinarmar2012.eventbrite.com

• Scratch Day 2012 is less than two months away! On May 19, join a network of worldwide events to celebrate Scratch's 5th birthday this year! On the Scratch Day website, you can learn more about how to organize an event or join a local gathering. - http://day.scratch.mit.edu

• The National Stem Video Game Challenge finished accepting submissions this week and is now currently in the judging process. Check out a Scratch game that was submitted by one of Matt Arnold's sixth graders in Indianapolis, IN. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/stories/code-club-2012-national-stem-video-game-challenge

• Last week, the University of Girona hosted a Kids No TV workshop at the Museu de les Idees (Museum of Ideas) in Barcelona, Spain where children and adults built and animated robotic animals using Scratch and WeDo. Check out the video and photos from the event. - http://www.kidsnotv.com/2012/taller-de-robots-i-programacio

• Check out these games, designed and programmed by eighth graders from Pool Academy in the UK. - http://scratch.mit.edu/users/PoolAcademy

• A blog post from OLPC Canada reports that students and teachers at Weledeh Catholic School in Yellowknife, NWT were creating interactive stories this week using Scratch on their XO laptops. - http://www.olpccanada.com/blog/wonderful-weledeh-yellowknife-nwt

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.