Reflections on Scratch Educator Meetup @ MIT: Saturday, October 01, 2011

Thanks to everyone who was able to join us on Saturday for our first Scratch educator meetup of the school year! We're thrilled to be offering them again this year -- and look forward to future meetups with you

Here are some lists, videos, and links from Saturday's session...

Attendees
Here's a list of people who attended Saturday's meetup:

• Ingrid Gustafson
• Steven Heath
• Jay Kloppenberg
• Tom Kowalczyk
• Bobby Lockhart
• Paul Marlier
• Jake  McGaw
• Sonal Patel
• Prathima Rhodes
• Rosemary Slattery
• Jean Sorensen
• Karen Brennan
• Michelle Chung
• Gracie Elqura
• Mylo Lam
• Aaron Morris

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Show & Tell
Videos of the Show & Tell presentations are available online.

• Ingrid shared the work that she's been doing with her Scratch Club. Check out her Moodle site and watch her as a Scratch@MIT 2010 keynote speaker.
• Rosemary and Aaron shared a rubric they developed during the meetup for the Pass-it-on activity from the new Scratch curriculum guide. Rosemary mentioned some of the work her students have been doing, which you can learn more about from a previous meetup.

Resources

• New curriculum guide draft
• Scratch cards
• Getting started webinar

Future Events

• Next meetup: Saturday, November 5, 10am to 1pm
• Next webinar: Exploring the Scratch Website - Wednesday, November 30 at 7pm
• Scratch intro workshop: Saturday, October 29, 8:30am to 12:30pm

What a great start to the school year! We look forward to meeting up with you again!

Karen and Michelle on behalf of the ScratchEd Team