ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 01/17/15 - 01/23/15

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
01/17/15 - 01/23/15

• A group of European Scratch educators have self-organized a Scratch 2015 conference this summer, August 12-15, in Amsterdam! Proposal are due March 15. - http://scratch2015ams.org

• Check out the second MIT Scratch Team video update, a new video series on the Scratch website. - http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/83622

• There's a brand new Scratch tutorial: Create a Virtual Pet, available in the Scratch editor Tips Window. Find out more about this and other exciting changes in the lastest Scratch updates. - http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/82972

• Want to meet up with other Scratch educators in the Lexington, Kentucky area? Join the inaugural Kentucky Scratch educator meetup, taking place on February 21. - http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/node/31839

• Thinking of starting a coding club at your school this year? Get inspired by these fourth graders, Scratching at their first club gathering in Park Ridge, Illinois! - https://twitter.com/MrToren/status/557911597822521344/photo/1

Do you have other news from the week that you'd like to share? Please post it as a comment below.