ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 10/27/12 - 11/02/12

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
10/27/12 - 11/02/12

• Join the ScratchEd Team and other local educators at the Scratch Educator Meetup this Saturday, November 10 at MIT. Register online for this free event! - http://2012-2013meetups.eventbrite.com

• Thanks to everyone who signed up to test the Scratch 2.0 alpha. Please share you questions and feedback in this discussion forum. Want to join the next round of testers and share your thoughts? Look out for a posting in December. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/node/14768

• Want to learn more about Scratch 2.0? Check out this new blog post from the Scratch Team describing four new features to look forward to. - http://blog.scratch.mit.edu/2012_10_01_archive.html

• Stephen Howell has launched a new Kinect2Scratch website to show you how to program Kinect games using Scratch, now with 3D and two-player mode! - http://scratch.saorog.com

• Check out this blog about Scratch recently created by Sonal Macwan, a mother who is introducing her two boys to programming. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/blog-about-scratch-and-scratch-lessons

• This Technology Integrationist and mother shares in her blog how she is working with the art and math teachers to help students develop video games using Scratch. Don't miss the video of the class' Skype call with a Disney design team! - http://partnersinlearning-mgerbrick.blogspot.com

• Genevieve Smith-Nunes shared this picture of her students creating Scratch projects with the LEGO WeDo in Brighton, UK. - https://twitter.com/pegleggen/status/261783062755561472/photo/1

 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.