ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 04/28/12 - 05/04/12

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
04/28/12 - 05/04/12

• We had a wonderful time introducing Scratch at last Saturday's Scratch Workshop for educators, hosted as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. Thanks to all who attended! - http://www.flickr.com/photos/38090850@N08/sets/72157629602076196

• Planning for the summer? Want a hands-on introduction to Scratch? Interested to learn how to integrate Scratch in your teaching practice? Our 4th annual Creative Computing workshop for educators will take place this summer, August 8-11 at MIT. This 4-day workshop is hosted in collaboration with Google's CS4HS initiative. Sign up for the participant raffle now! - http://creativecomputing2012.eventbrite.com

• Next Saturday, the Mozilla Foundation is hosting a WebMaking Instructor Community Conference for educators at MIT. This 1-day event on May 12, 10am-4pm, will bring together participants to collaborate, share experiences, and help each other in our common vision of teaching the world how to code, make stuff on the web, and express themselves online. - http://mitwebmakinginstructorconf.eventbrite.com

• You can watch the streaming video for a Scratch Day event happening right now at the Universidad ICESI  in Cali, Columbia! - http://www.eduteka.org/ScratchDay2012

• Anne Mirtschin, an fourth and fifth grade educator from Hawkesdale, Victoria in South Eastern Australia, shared reflections from a collaborative project with Lorraine Leo, a Scratch educator at Jackson elementary school in Newton, MA. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/stories/changing-face-teaching

• This week, Patrice Gans' students created projects using Scratch and the LEGO WeDo to celebrate Earth Day. Check out the video! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XllFp_ZYi7k&feature=youtube_gdata_player

• Andy Colley from Manchester, UK has posted a new Scratch tutorial video for creating a scrolling background. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkF0RqdBEq4

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.