List of 10 Ideas
Flappy bird
Shell Shockers
Geometry Dash
Minecraft
Roblox
Basketball Stars
Basketball Legends
Piano
Bongos
Big Tower Tiny Square
Planning Questions
Are you working by yourself or in a team?
I will be working with Remi in this project.
What materials will you need for your project?
I will need an iPad, a chromebook, a desktop computer, a makey makey, cardboard, aluminium foil tape, duct tape, and alligator clips
What is your plan to create in this project?
I will be making a way to play Geometry Dash with your foot.
What unique qualities will your project have?
I will be playing with my foot.
Day 1
Today I did some brainstorming on what to do for my project. At the end of class, I decided I was going to do Makey Makey.
Day 2
Today I made my list of 10 good ideas and my planning questions for my Makey Makey. I decided that I want to do Flappy Bird. Here is the site I used to play it.
Day 3
Today, I decided that instead of Flappy Bird, I was going to do Geometry Dash. I decided this because I felt Flappy Bird was too boring and I've seen a lot of people do it. Remi's partner was not here today, so he decided that he would work with me for this project. We then got all the wires connected and played around with the game. Here is the site we used to play it.
Day 4
Today, we decided that we would make it so instead of touching an object that the Makey Makey is connected to, we would step on it. We then made a simple piece of cardboard and taped aluminium foil on top of it.
Day 5
Today we made a shoe that would fit our feet that could connect to the aluminum foil. We covered the bottom with aluminium foil tape. Now, when we wear the shoe and step on the aluminium foil, the character in the game will jump.
Day 6
Today we reconnected everything and made our video trying out our Makey Makey. Above is our video. I then worked on my reflection and turned in my project.
Using an iPad, a chromebook, a desktop computer, aluminum foil tape, duct tape, cardboard, a Makey Makey, and alligator clips, I created a way to play Geometry Dash with your foot. I did this because everybody else in my class just taps things with their hand to make the Makey Makey work, and I thought this would be cooler. I also did this because I wanted this to be more advanced than last year's Makey Makey project.
During this process, I learned that Makey Makey was a lot more confusing than I remember. I completely forgot that you need a clip connected to the Earth on the Makey Makey controller. Luckily Remington remembered how to do this and helped a lot.
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. My project ties to this standard because I kept track of my progress and goal as I worked on this project. My project also ties to Knowledge Constructor because I used the internet to find helpful how to videos to refresh my mind on how to use Makey Makeys.
A challenge I overcame on this project was not remembering how to use a Makey Makey. I was able to do it by looking on the Makey Makey website for tutorials. I also had Remi as a partner so he helped a lot throughout this project.
Given a chance to do this again, I would change the game we played. The reason why I would change it is because it was too boring. If I do a Makey Makey project again, I want to do a more exciting game.
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 Engineeing Design CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in Makey Makey President / Chief Operating Officer.