Summary
Highlights
An overview of ScratchEd, a community site developed for educators worldwide to share curriculum resources and materials for using Scratch in the classroom.
Introduction to 'Jots', a tool that records a user's reflective thoughts, emotions, and progress throughout their programming process to help capture the 'messiness' of learning.
Discusses experimental efforts to run Scratch on different hardware like the OLPC XO and Nokia tablets, and introduces 'computer crafting' by embedding Scratch projects into real-world objects.
Demonstrates the Scratch Sensor Board (PicoBoard) and Lego WeDo integration, showing how physical sensors and motors can control projects to create interactive media and augmented reality puppets.
Brief look at future directions, including running Scratch in web browsers via Flash and developing new dialects like 'Design Blocks' and versions for 3D virtual worlds.