From Jen Tang

Next week The National Writing Project conference is in Boston and there's a few sessions that look awesome….register at http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/13am/friday.csp

Coding to Write: Making Digital Stories with Scratch
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Hynes Convention Center, 1st Floor,
Room 107
($25.00 registration and materials fee)

Scratch , the super-simple programming language that allows anyone to learn to code, is a wonderful platform for digital storytelling and animation. It's also at the center of a thriving community of educators called ScratchED . Join Mitch Resnick, creator of Scratch, and Karen Brennan, leader of ScratchEd, for a look at how you can use Scratch in your classroom as a story, animation, and game-creation environment.

Presenter(s):
Mitch Resnick, MIT Media Lab
Karen Brennan, ScratchEd and Harvard University
Make. Hack. Play.
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Hynes Convention Center, 1st Floor,
Room 108

Join Laura Hilliger of the Mozilla Foundation in this hands-on workshop focused on creating for the web using a set of free and easily accessible tools. Have fun and tap into your creativity as you make and remix text and multimedia. (Please bring your own laptop to participate.)

Presenter(s):
Laura Hilliger, Mozilla Foundation

Understanding Systems through eTextile (Puppet) Design
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Hynes Convention Center, 1st Floor,
Room 107
($25.00 registration and materials fee)

Drawing from curriculum designs that are part of an upcoming book series created in partnership with the NWP called Understanding Systems: Curriculum Design for a Complex World, this workshop will enter the world of systems thinking and design through puppets and electronic textile technology. Join Kylie Peppler and Melissa Gresalfi in simultaneously stitching together, collaboratively iterating, and pleasantly unpacking systems while exploring what's possible to connect, both literally and figuratively, using conductive threads and materials.

Presenter(s):
Kylie Peppler, Indiana University
Melissa Gresalfi, Vanderbilt University

From Jen Tang

Next week The National Writing Project conference is in Boston and there's a few sessions that look awesome….register at http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/13am/friday.csp

Coding to Write: Making Digital Stories with Scratch
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Hynes Convention Center, 1st Floor,
Room 107
($25.00 registration and materials fee)

Scratch , the super-simple programming language that allows anyone to learn to code, is a wonderful platform for digital storytelling and animation. It's also at the center of a thriving community of educators called ScratchED . Join Mitch Resnick, creator of Scratch, and Karen Brennan, leader of ScratchEd, for a look at how you can use Scratch in your classroom as a story, animation, and game-creation environment.

Presenter(s):
Mitch Resnick, MIT Media Lab
Karen Brennan, ScratchEd and Harvard University
Make. Hack. Play.
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Hynes Convention Center, 1st Floor,
Room 108

Join Laura Hilliger of the Mozilla Foundation in this hands-on workshop focused on creating for the web using a set of free and easily accessible tools. Have fun and tap into your creativity as you make and remix text and multimedia. (Please bring your own laptop to participate.)

Presenter(s):
Laura Hilliger, Mozilla Foundation

Understanding Systems through eTextile (Puppet) Design
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Hynes Convention Center, 1st Floor,
Room 107
($25.00 registration and materials fee)

Drawing from curriculum designs that are part of an upcoming book series created in partnership with the NWP called Understanding Systems: Curriculum Design for a Complex World, this workshop will enter the world of systems thinking and design through puppets and electronic textile technology. Join Kylie Peppler and Melissa Gresalfi in simultaneously stitching together, collaboratively iterating, and pleasantly unpacking systems while exploring what's possible to connect, both literally and figuratively, using conductive threads and materials.

Presenter(s):
Kylie Peppler, Indiana University
Melissa Gresalfi, Vanderbilt University