[CALUG] EVENTS - Scratch Day 2010 - May 22, 2010

[Phil Shapiro]

Scratch is a free computer programming resource that makes it easy to  
create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art  
-- and share your creations on the web. http://scratch.mit.edu

All interested students, parents and teachers are invited to learn  
more about Scratch and robotics, featuring Junior FIRST LEGO League,  
FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge, VEX Robotics and Sea  
Perch?underwater robotics!


Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010

Times: 10:00 AM?4:00 PM

Location: Archbishop Carroll High School, 4300 Harewood Road NE, Wash DC 20017

Price: Free

Reproducible flyer at http://www.writersforliteracy.org/scratch_day_2010.pdf

It's been my experience that Scratch can be enjoyed by children as  
young as 2nd grade (maybe younger, too) right up through 8th grade.  
Scratch has been called, ?The best educational software on the planet.?

Scratch runs under Ubuntu Linux -- as well as under Macs and Windows  
operating systems. Scratch 1.4 for Ubuntu can be downloaded from this  
link. http://tinyurl.com/22n6f4k



-- 
Phil Shapiro  pshapiro at his.com
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"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
"Learning happens thru gentleness."