Make Yourself Into A Maker:

Overview

Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop for K12 Educators

As an official Makey Makey Partner, we will be hosting a workshop for Makey Makey. Get ready for a fun hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award winning Makey Makey invention kit used by educators in all 50 states and around the world and featured in TED talks. This workshop is new and being delivered throughout the US. You’ll learn best practices and gain access to a multimedia training website that you can use later when you train others or teach the students you serve.

Bring Your Laptop & Charging cable: Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Linux operating systems work great. Tablets will not work. Regardless of the kind of laptop used, it must have the ability to plugin a USB “type A” plug - - these are the most common type of USB plugs and it’s how the Makey Makey is connected to a computer. Some new laptops don’t accept a USB type A plug so the user must supply their own adaptor (“dongle”).

Workshop Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to imagine and build creative circuits.

2. Participants will be able to build simple and effective programs using the free Scratch coding program from MIT that will support a Makey Makey design challenge.

3. Participants will learn how to create and solve open ended design challenges using the Makey Makey.

4. Participants will learn how to build a variety of sensors that provide feedback.

5. Participants will explore how the Makey Makey resources and methodologies support learning outcomes in their classroom.

6. Participants will explore these questions: Where do innovations come from? Can their emergence be influenced?

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