Countdown to Scratch Day 2011 - ScratchNotes Newsletter, Vol. 2, Iss. 3

The latest ScratchNotes newsletter was sent out on March 13.

ScratchNotes
A seasonal newsletter for the Scratch educator community
Spring 2011
Volume 2, Issue 3

Upcoming ScratchEd Meetup @ MIT: Saturday, March 19
Want to meet other Scratch educators and share ideas? We're hosting educator meetups at MIT every 3rd Saturday of the month. Register for the upcoming March and April meetups. Check out ScratchEd to learn more about what happened at the December and February meetups.
http://events.scratch.mit.edu/

NYC Scratch Educator Meetup: Thursday, April 28
We're taking the meetup show on the road! Co-hosted by Cameron Fadjo and co-sponsored by the Institute for Learning Technologies, we are excited to meet up with NYC-area Scratch educators on Thursday, April 28 from 4pm to 7pm at Columbia University. Register today!
http://bit.ly/nyc-rsvp

Thinking About Computational Thinking: Webinar Series
For those who are not local to Boston, there are also monthly webinars for educators hosted every 4th Monday. The next session - on March 28 at 7pm EST - kicks off a series of three webinars focused on computational thinking. For more information, check out the session description.
http://events.scratch.mit.edu/

Countdown to Scratch Day 2011: 68 Days!
There are already 26 events in 16 countries being planned for Scratch Day 2011 on May 21. Information about local events to attend or resources for hosting your own event can be found on the Scratch Day website. What will your Scratch Day look like?
http://day.scratch.mit.edu/

Creative Computing 2011
In collaboration with Google's CS4HS initiative, we look forward to again offering our three-day Creative Computing workshop for K-12 teachers this summer. Sign up to be notified when the application process for our Creative Computing workshop begins.
http://cs4hs.media.mit.edu/

Scratch Educator Show & Tell
At the Creative Computing Reunion in January and the ScratchEd Meetup in February, educators shared strategies for including Scratch in their teaching practice. Watch the videos from the January and February events to see what was shared.
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-educator-show-tell-videos
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-educator-show-tell-videos-february-meetup