ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 03/01/14 - 03/07/14

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
03/01/14 - 03/07/14

• There are almost 5 million projects on the Scratch website! Create a project in the latest Scratch Design Studio and explore others' celebratory projects. - http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/366438

• Early registration is now open for the Scratch@MIT 2014 Conference, taking place this August at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Come meet, share, and learn about Scratch with educators, researchers, developers, and other members of the worldwide Scratch community. - http://scratch.mit.edu/conference

• Join us for the inaugural NYC Scratch educator meetup on Saturday, March 15, hosted by Code-to-Learn Foundation and CSNYC. Tell colleagues and friends! - http://www.meetup.com/CSNYC-Education-Meetup/events/164516882

• DIY Girls in Los Angeles, California helped a group of young girls create a Katie Perry karaoke machine with Scratch last week. - https://twitter.com/DIYGirls/status/438438072548458497/photo/1

• Did you attend the SIGCSE 2014 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia or the DML 2014 Conference in Boston, Massachusetts this week? Find out about some of the Scratch-related sessions and conversations by searching for #Scratch and #DML2014 or #Scratch and #SIGCSE on Twitter. - https://twitter.com/search?q=%23scratch%2C%20%23dml2014&src=typd

• In Champaign, Illinois, teachers at Kenwood Elementary hosted a digital storytelling fair with Scratch and other storytelling software. Check out the picture of the event. - https://twitter.com/KenwoodStars/status/442012395855020033/photo/1

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