Intro Scratch Workshop for Educators - Saturday, January 14, 2012 @ MIT

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January 10, 2012

Intro Scratch Workshop for Educators
Saturday, January 14, 2012 
12:00pm-4:00pm @ MIT Media Lab 
Hosted by members of the ScratchEd Team

Are you interested in helping your students:

imagine new possibilities of what they can do with computers?
learn to express themselves creatively with new technologies?
explore computational ideas through personally-meaningful projects?

Join us at the MIT Media Lab for this four-hour BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) workshop, where we will introduce you to Scratch, a programming environment that enables students to create interactive stories, games, animations, and simulations. As students create and share Scratch projects, they learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively -- and develop as computational thinkers and computational creators.

This event is open to all Boston-area educators who have no prior Scratch experience or are looking for a refresher course. During this workshop, we will:

explore the core ideas underlying Scratch
experience Scratch through demonstrations and hands-on activities
discuss strategies for integrating Scratch into classroom practice
introduce you to ScratchEd, the website where educators share their Scratch ideas, experiences, and resources

We particularly encourage educators from the same school, program, etc. to attend together as a group. The workshop is $10 and includes lunch, a copy of the Scratch Curriculum Guide, a set of Scratch Cards, and other resources.