ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 05/04/13 - 05/10/13

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
05/04/13 - 05/10/13

• Scratch 2.0 is now available! Check out this week's posts on TechCrunch and BoingBoing describing some of the new features. A special thanks and congratulations to the Scratch Team and everyone who contributed to the newest version of Scratch! - http://scratch.mit.edu

• This Saturday, May 18 is Scratch Day! There are currently 125 events in 39 countries. What will your Scratch Day look like this year? - http://day.scratch.mit.edu

• Interested in learning more about Scratch? The ScratchEd Team is hosting a free online Scratch PD course for educators starting June 3. Join the online course mailing list to receive more information. - bit.ly/ScratchEdOnlineCourse

• In this edSurge feature article, Mitch Resnick writes how programming prepares kids for more than math. - https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-05-08-learn-to-code-code-to-learn

• Check out this image of David Hall's Year 6 Scratch work from East Boldon, South Tyneside. - https://twitter.com/ks2teacher/status/327830403320786946/photo/1

• In this new ScratchEd interview, Ann Greyson of Castilleja School in Palo Alto, CA shares how she and her colleagues co-teach to use Scratch across the curriculum. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/stories/co-teaching-use-scratch-across-curriculum-interview-ann-greyson-castilleja-school

These are just a few things that we found. Do you have news from the week that you'd like to share? Please post it as a comment below.