The following notice is reprinted from the CESI (Computers in Education Society of Ireland) mailing list – 
Hi CESI,
Just a reminder that (cesi list contributor) Clare Mcinerney of Lero ( www.scratch.ie) and myself [Stephen Howell] with the IT Tallaght Computing Dept. are once again hosting Scratch Day Ireland: http://day.scratch.mit.edu/event/353
Scratch is a fantastic free tool for teaching and learning the logic behind programming. It is suitable from 5th/6th class primary and secondary school students.
You can download Scratch from http://scratch.mit.edu
Scratch Day is an international event held simultaneously in 120 locations worldwide.
*Where: In the Computing Dept. Labs in IT Tallaght, Belgard Road, Tallaght,
Dublin 24*
*When: Saturday 21st May, 11am – 1pm*
*Cost: Free*
We will also be hosting the finals of the all-Ireland Scratch Programming Competition.
This is an excellent chance for students, parents and teachers to come along and see what is possible with Scratch.
We will have:
– Hands-on Scratch demonstrations
– Finals of annual Scratch Ireland Programming Competition http://scratch.ie/
– Program Scratch using the XBox 360 Kinect controller! http://vimeo.com/18562642
We hope you can make it.
Sadly, I can’t be there myself this year, but for more information, please email bfeeney@ittdublin.ie or Clare.McInerney@lero.ie
