ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 07/23/11 - 07/29/11

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
07/23/11 - 07/29/11

• The Scratch Team has been doing some work on the Scratch website this week. We apologize for any hiccups. - http://scratch.mit.edu/

• Thanks to everyone who joined the ScratchEd Webinar on Monday to discuss ScratchEd Resources. You can access the webinar recording and presentation slides online. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratched-resources-july-2011-webinar

• Karen Brennan and Mitch Resnick hosted two pre-conference workshops for the annual Building Leaning Communities (BLC) conference by November Learning. The participants created stories and games using Scratch. - http://www.blcconference.com/pre-conferences

• The Creative Computing workshop for educators is being held at MIT this week. The 3-day event is part of Google's CS4HS initiative. Find out more about the participants, activities, and discussions happening. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/discussions/creative-computing-2011

• Aprendiendo Scratch is a new website with Scratch resources in Spanish. - http://aprendiendoscratch.org/

• Edward Muntaner is having an amazing time learning Scratch at the University of Girona with 6-7 year-olds - http://twitpic.com/5x3wue

• ActivSpaces announces its new Scratch Club in Buea, Cameroon, open every Saturday starting August 6. - http://activspaces.com/2011/07/scratch-club-buea/

• At Cafe Famille in Ebina, Japan, there will be a "Scratch Cafe" on Saturday, July 30 for families. - http://scratch-ja.org/2011/07/1166

• One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and Nickelodeon Latin America are accepting Scratch projects for their international digital storytelling contest. Registration and project submission are available July 25 - August 29. - http://blog.laptop.org/2011/07/15/nickelodeon-olpc-contest/

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.