ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 03/15/14 - 03/21/14

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
03/15/14 - 03/21/14

• We had an amazing time meeting up with educators at the inaugural NYC Scratch Educator Meetup last Saturday, co-hosted by CSNYC and Code-to-Learn Foundation at the Center for Social Innovation. Special thanks to all who participated! Check out photos and breakout session notes from the event. - http://meetup.com/CSNYC-Education-Meetup/events/164516882

• Want to help young children, ages 5-7, learn how to program their own interactive stories and games? Support the Scratch Jr. project, which launched its Kickstarter this week. - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2023634798/scratchjr-coding-for-young-kids

• Codable doll house furniture with the help of Scratch and a laser cutter? Um yes, please, and thank you. - https://vine.co/v/MMWWH9zllV9

• In his Edgaged blog post, Lance Yoder shares how he decided to introduce Scratch to fifth and sixth grade students at East Noble schools in Noble County, Indiana. - http://www.edgaged.net/2014/03/scratch.html?spref=tw

• This weekend, SooHwan Kim is helping to facilitate a Scratch workshop for teachers at I-FIT at the Gyeongin National University of Education in South Korea. - https://plus.google.com/b/109622105082542727495/108648525091502306701/posts/6BxbHWh2c9Q?cfem=1

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