ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 10/15/11 - 10/21/11

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
10/15/11 - 10/21/11

• Do you know someone who'd like to learn about Scratch? Or would you like a refresher course? Come to the Intro Scratch Workshop for Educators next Saturday, October 29, from 8:30am to 12:30pm at MIT. Registration and more information is available online. -  http://scratchintrooct2011.eventbrite.com/

• Don't miss this month's Webinar Wednesday this Wednesday, October 26 at 7pm EDT. Join Mitch Resnick and Karen Brennan online as they Explore the Scratch Website. Sign-up on the event page to receive an email reminder prior to the webinar. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/node/10855

• On October 20th, the Computing at School (CAS) working group in Preston, Lancashire is hosted Programming Pacman with Scratch, a free professional development event for teachers. - http://caspreston.eventbrite.com/

• Read about what happened at a local Scratch Day event in Queratero, Mexico. Check out videos and photos about how mentorship and collaboration were themes present at the event and find out what happened at the "Repentina" contest. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/stories

• This week, Alex Ruthmann and Gena Greher presented their work integrating Scratch and music education at the Association for Technology in Music Education (ATME) conference held in conjunction with the 54th Annual College Music Society National Conference in Richmond, VA. - http://atmionline.org/index.php/component/content/article/45-atmi-2009-conference/62-home-page.html

• Check out this video that illustrates how to access sensors from your Android phone using Scratch. - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/access-android-sensors-from-a-scratch-program.html

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.

Know about something that could be posted in a future roundup? Email us at scratched@scratch.mit.edu.