• Any further developments with game?
• New ideas discovered?
• Classroom connections?

Makey Makey

Makey Makey allows people to turn everyday objects into keys and use them with their computer.

• Makey Makey works by opening and closing circuits, using your body and other objects as conductors. It uses very little electricity, so it is safe, and you won't feel it.
• If you attach two alligator clips to the Makey Makey board and an apple and you, when you touch the apple you complete (close) the circuit and the computer recognizes this as a key is pressed. The Makey Makey uses standard "USB input device" drivers, so the computer thinks Makey Makey is a regular keyboard or mouse even though you have made your own unique key.

The default keys are the arrow keys, the space bar, and left click. They can be remapped using the website. Example use of Makey Makey:

• To make Makey Makey work with Scratch, plug in the USB to your computer and create a program like you normally would in Scratch. For example, when the right arrow key is pressed, the sprite moves 10 steps.
• Then connect one of the alligator clips to Earth at the bottom of the Makey Makey board and touch the metal at the other end of the alligator clip with your finger.
• Next connect another alligator clip to the apple and the right arrow on the Makey Makey board.
• When you touch the metal clip and apple at the same time, you complete a circuit and Makey Makey sends a signal to your computer saying a key is pressed. Every time you touch the apple your sprite will now move 10 steps
  • An alternative to using the steps above is by using the Makey Makey Extension.
  • To purchase a Makey Makey, visit Makey Makey's website.
  • For information on how to set-up a Makey Makey, visit Makey Makey Set-Up.
  • For information on different materials to use with Makey Makey, visit Makey Makey Materials.
  • For information on troubleshooting Makey Makey, visit Makey Makey Troubleshooting.
  • Article on ideas of uses for Makey Makey, Makey Makey Article.

This information is from the Scratch Wiki found here

• https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/1427x
  • Overview of Elements
  • Remap Keys - https://makeymakey.com/pages/remap
  • LED and Motor Demo
    • Wire Demo
    • Power 2 LED - Key Out and MS Out
    • Mini Motor - SODIAL(R)2PCS RC300 6000RPM DC 1.5-9V Micro Motor for CD DVD Player
  • Motor - works well on older 1.2 version that has 5V on back. New version 1.4 you must use KEY OUT and not as much success with motors.

Can you recreate this game and build a Makey Makey controller to play?

• Crabby Says -https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/304643462/
• Crabby Says with Makey Makey - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/305224650/

This websites will give you access to everything I do in a full day Makey Makey Workshop

https://sites.google.com/view/makeyproject/home

Makey Makey Invention Workshop Make-Me Happy! https://wp.me/p4covo-2d4

This is a self paced website for students that teachers can use. Bite sized instruction so learning can be done in stations.

https://sites.google.com/view/makeymakeycourse/home

• Potato Pong Game using Scratch 3.0 and Makey Makey https://wp.me/p4covo-2mr
• Scratch 3.0 - Exit Slip Code Demo for Makey Makey https://wp.me/p4covo-2jo
• Scratch 3.0 + Micro:bit = Micro:Maze https://wp.me/p4covo-2nv
  • Even though this was built for the Micro:bit I have adjusted code and have a video for Makey Makey controller
• Crabby Says with Makey Makey - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/305224650/
• Video Game Cheat Code Program(still in development) - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/305222063/

• Makey Makey Lab Guides - https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/category
• Makey Makey Extension
  • Info from Scratch Wiki - https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Makey_Makey_Extension
• 076: Colleen Graves - The power of understanding that we all have awesome inside us! https://wp.me/s4covo-076
• Sample Lesson Plans and LEGO Lesson Plans
  • https://makeymakey.com/pages/educators#resources
• General Overview of Scratch 3.0 and Makey Makey
  • https://diyodemag.com/education/kids_coding_coding_with_makey_makey_and_scratch_30
• Different ways to code the Mouse Click on Makey Makey with Scratch - https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/1323-3-ways-to-program-click-with-scratchx

• #25daysofmaking Project 9 Makey Makey Wire Game https://wp.me/p4covo-2gA
• #25daysofmaking Day 18 Makey Makey Game Controller 🎮 https://wp.me/p4covo-2hp
• #25daysofmaking Day 28 Makey Makey Voting Machine/Holiday Door https://wp.me/p4covo-2im
• #25daysofmaking Day 29 Makey Makey Holiday Door Display https://wp.me/p4covo-2iq

Some of the more popular ones I have seen completed by teachers

• Biography Bottles - https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/1506x
• Exit Ticket - https://makeymakey.com/blogs/blog/makey-your-own-interactive-exit-ticket-with-scratch-and-makey-makey
• Images of Teacher Projects from workshops and classrooms - https://sites.google.com/view/makeyproject/teacher-examples

• 11 Ways To Connect & Cut Cardboard https://wp.me/p4covo-29z
• Coffeechug Favorite Maker Tools: 6 Cardboard Cutters https://wp.me/p4covo-29i
• Cardboard Construction Sessions: https://sites.google.com/view/makeingadifference/makerspace/cardboard