Happy 2019 animators! New is Scratch 3.0. Click here to check out this release note summary. And from the official Scratch 3.0 wiki, full details.

I had the pleasure of teaching a couple of Hour of Code Scratch sessions in December, and from them, got an introduction to micro:bit!

Right off, a couple of things to be aware:

**Your old Scratch 2.0 projects still run -- I tested a few and found no glitches
**Scratch 3.0 animates using HTML5, no longer java, so you won't get that right click to enable java run command
**Because of some of the new plug ins, like micro:bit, your PC operating system must be current and running on a supported web browser. For example, Windows 10 on Chrome. You can't run Scratch 3.0 using Windows 7 or using any version of Internet Explorer (no matter how current).
**If you don't have the required operating system, you can still download and use the Scratch 2.0 offline editor (scroll to the bottom of the web page and you'll find the 2.0 and 1.4 desktop install software)
**There is new plug in software you must download and install to run micro:bit. The link above explains this step by step.

And for true techies, click here to follow this Scratch blog gets into developer details.

So, stay tuned for my updated videos posted to my Youtube channel for new projects, tips and tricks ;)