ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 03/07/15 - 03/13/15

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
03/07/15 - 03/13/15

• Happy Pi or π Day! Did you know this year is an extra special Pi Day 03/14/15 to signify the first six digits of Pi as 3.1415! Check out these Super Pi Scratch projects or share your own! - http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1024412

• Are you doing anything for Red Nose Day, an initiative in the UK and US to use comedy for charity fundraising. Want to celebrate with Scratch? Sean McManus has created Red Nose Scratch sprites and other resources shared on the Scratch Your Nose website. Join in! - http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/resources/red-nose-day-scratch-resources-0

• Proposals for the Scratch 2015 Conference Amsterdam are due this weekend! - http://www.scratch2015ams.org

• Scratch Day 2015 is taking place on May 9, 2015. Find out how to host a Scratch Day event or search local events happening near you. What will your Scratch Day look like this year? - http://day.scratch.mit.edu

• In this Guardian article, a father retells how he and his son learn programming by designing games with Scratch. Check it out now! - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/12/how-my-son-and-i-became-game-programmers-scatch?CMP=share_btn_tw

• Learn about Creative Coding 4 Kids, an after-school program and summer camp using Scratch in Seattle featured in a recent GeekWire article, started by an entrepreneur-turned-teacher father who fell in love with Scratch after using it with his daughter during the Hour of Code. - http://www.geekwire.com/2015/why-this-life-long-entrepreneur-accidentally-left-startups-to-teach-kids-how-to-code

• The newest Scratch Video Update is out with inspiring projects and things to try on the Scratch online community. Watch in now! - http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/youtube/a-_YhpoqHBk

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