7P6 ~ Makey Makey

Using a makey makey set and playdoh, I created a super Mario controller and a piano, because they seemed like the easiest things to make.

During this process, I learned that things that looks easy are not always so easy.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Innovative Designer because we had to do a lot of trial and error in order to make our project work.

A challenge we overcame on this project was holding the ground to activate our project. We overcame this by attaching the ground to our pinky fingers.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change what we made. The reason I would change it is because I feel like there were a lot of things we could have done that we didn't that would have been a lot more fun.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Computer Programming CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in Computer Programming because we had to design something and put together wires.

I did this in a team that consisted of me, Garret, and Haley. We made a piano that played a note when we touched a certain playdoh lump. All we needed was playdoh, a Chromebook, and a makey makey kit. We also made a Super Mario game that made Mario move when we touched a playdoh lump, as you can see in the video.

Me playing Super Mario again