7P7- Circuit Playground Express

Using The ipad, Circut Playground and a coding computer  I created Clap Lights  because I thought that it was cool that you could program it to turn on and off with the loud sound. My favorite part of it was that I made it and after I made it it was cool to see that it had actually worked.

During this process, I learned How to code using Adafruit and using the Circut Playround. At first the Circut Playground looked very confusing and it looked like it was going to be a hard project. This project was very fun and learning how to create a bunch of flashing lights, flashlights, and clap Lights was a very fun and cool process to go through. It also taught me that when a code doesn't work then maybe you just need to redo it or add something more to it. 

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 Empowered Learner  because whenever something went wrong like a code didn't work or the buttons wouldn't do what I set them to I would look back at it and make some improvements.

A challenge I overcame on this project was trying to get the lights to turn off faster after the light is on. I also wanted it to clap or yell or do a loud sound of some sort to turn it off instead of waiting patiently for it to turn off.  I was able to do it by Setting the light to turn off faster and I had set the light to be brighter so even if you did use it for a room, you can make it stay on.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change The colors and the sound you did to turn it on The reason why I would change it is because I wanted to make it be more unique but I couldn't quite figure out how to get it to a different sound. I would change the lights because I feel like the white is basic and the different color changing would be cool because it would remind me kind of like LED lights.

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 Instructional Designer because Instructional Designers create engaging and effective learning experiences. They also apply the best practice from designing and education. They also take part in online courses, and help design newer things.