ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 04/27/13 - 05/03/13

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
04/27/13 - 05/03/13

• Scratch 2.0 will be released this Thursday, May 9! Please note that the Scratch website (including the beta website) will be down on May 6, 7, 8. - http://beta.scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/4130/?page=1#post-23274

• In preparation for Scratch 2.0, the ScratchEd Team hosted an live Google+ Hangout On Air this week with Karen Brennan and Mitch Resnick sharing what's new in Scratch 2.0 and what educators should know about the transition. If you missed the live webcast, you can watch the webinar recording online. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/getting-ready-scratch-20-webinar

• Next Saturday is the final Scratch educator meetup of the school year! Join the ScratchEd Team at MIT on Saturday, May 11, to network and learn more about Scratch with other local educators. Registration is free, includes lunch, and can count towards PDP hours. Meet up with us! - http://2012-2013meetups.eventbrite.com

• Saturday, May 18 is Scratch Day 2013! There are currently 107 events in 37 countries scheduled to take place. Celebrate Scratch Day with us by organizing an event or attending a local gathering near you. More information is available online. - http://day.scratch.mit.edu

• The Intel Computer Clubhouse Network's annual conference took place this week in Boston, MA, celebrating their 20th anniversary with a variety of sessions, including a hands-on Scratch 2.0 workshop. - http://www.computerclubhouse.org/

• In this interview shared by Sharon Heller at IDC Herzliya, you can read one young, student mentor's reflctions from helping other participants during a Scratch workshop, where home-schooled children from south of Israel came to program a "maze" game. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/stories/scratch-workshop-idc-herzliya-interview-mentor-scratch-israel-project

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.