ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 12/31/11 - 01/06/12

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
12/31/11 - 01/06/12

• Happy New Year! Here's one way to celebrate it Scratch style. - http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/johndo77/1503800

• New to Scratch? Space is still available at the Intro Scratch Workshop for Educators this Saturday, January 14, 12pm-4pm at MIT. Sign up now! - http://jan2012workshop.eventbrite.com/

• An article published in the Washington Post this week proposes ’rithms (as in algorithms or basic computational skills) as a fourth R for 21st century literacy . - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/a-fourth-r-for-21st-century-literacy/2011/12/29/gIQAxx2BWP_blog.html?tid=sm_btn_tw

• Are you interested in collaborating with other classrooms using Scratch? Check out this ScratchEd discussion post to connect with other educators. Scratch pen pals anyone? - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/node/11408

• Thanks to Carlos Nunez and all those who helped to develop Computación Creativa con Scratch, a Spanish translation of the Scratch curriculum guide draft. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/computación-creativa-con-scratch

• If you're using the Scratch curriculum guide and are currently working through session #4, Susan Ettenheim is interested in sharing students' dance party projects. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/discussions/curriculum-guide-draft/dance-party

• The Unversity of Manchester is hosting it's 5th annual UK Schools Computer Animation Competition celebrating Alan Turing Year. Scratch is one of the applications students, ages 7-19, can use to create submissions for the festival. - http://animation12.cs.manchester.ac.uk/

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.