ScratchEd Weekly Roundup | 08/11/12 - 08/17/12

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
08/11/12 - 08/17/12

• The August 2012 ScratchEd webinar: "Back to School with Scratch" has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience. Hoping to use Scratch in your classroom this year and looking for resources? Check out the Scratch curriculum guide and getting started resources page. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/new-scratch

• Scratch was front and center at Albemarle County Public Schools inaugural CoderDojo Summer Academy, August 6-9. On hand to facilitate were Jon Barber, Erica Payne, Kim Wilkens and Xander Herrick, inspired and motivated from their recent time at the Scratch@MIT conference. The initial goal for the Academy was to host 50 students. Those slots were taken up in the first few minutes of registration, so the program was expanded to 200 while over 700 applied. CoderDojo is a movement that provides young people the opportunity to learn to code and Scratch provides an amazing entry point for all! - http://coderdojo.com/2012/08/07/coderdojo-on-nbc

• This week, an article entitled "Enabling DIY Computing" published on LiveMint.com describes the use of Scratch on the Raspberry Pi for teaching young children in Delhi, India. - http://www.livemint.com/2012/08/14203904/Enabling-DIY-computing.html?h=B

• Scratch educator, Jean Sorensen, recently attended the Creative Computing 2012 workshop at MIT. She offered to share reflections from her experiences through a slideshow Scratch project. Check it out! - http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/ejsoren/2727604

• In this special interview with the ScratchEd Team, Janet Dee from Reading Memorial High School shares her strategies for balancing structure and openness in her classroom. Check out her lesson plan resources for a Hangman game project, including a sample student Scratch project and accompanying grading rubric. - http://scratched.media.mit.edu/stories/constraints-and-creativity-interview-janet-dee-reading-memorial-high-school

• Here is a storytelling Scratch project from Antofagasta, Chile shared by Emprendedores del Futuro from their work with entrepreneurial students at Escuela Arturo Prat Chacón. - http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/losrecicladores/2712311

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.