Resources
Books
Books
- Invent To Learn: by Sylvia Libow Martinez
- The Invent To Learn Guide To Fun by Josh Burker
- The Invent to Learn Guide to More Fun by Josh Burker
- 20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius by Aaron and Colleen Graves
Websites
Websites
- Makey Makey Facebook Group for EDUCATORS
- Makey Makey Website
- https://makeymakey.com/ (new and updated)
- Makey Makey Lessons
- Makey Makey Apps
- Makey Makey K-12 Website
- Scratch - used for programming
- Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com.au/imerinet/makey-makey/
- Steven Payne https://sway.office.com/0wkgHIYu6VhqRfRL
- Lessons ideas https://csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/library/
- Colleen Graves YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/gravescolleen/videos
- Create Kid friendly alligator clips https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/1355x
- Forces and Makey Makey https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/413x
- Lights and Makey Makey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qHYJVgU9nE
- Project ideas http://kodeklubbers.weebly.com/teaching-with-code.html
- Using the back of the board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CeJi7zQ4I
Videos
Videos
- What is Invention Literacy?
- Leo Project
- Pencil Grip
Online Game Sites
Online Game Sites
Project Ideas
Project Ideas
- Makey Makey Remap Tool Document - This first one is not a project, but a great paper template to have students plan and map out their wires and what they are thinking to do.
- Interactive Map - This project shows an example of why you would need the template shared above.
- Use Soundplant for better oportunities for audio files with Makey Makey. Soundplant turns your computer keyboard into a versatile, low latency sound trigger and playable instrument.
- Interactive EXIT TICKET
- COLLABORATIVE MAZE
- Combine your MAKEY MAKEY with your HUMMINGBIRD DUO kit
- 3 clever project ideas
- Hack Poetry with Makey Makey and Scratch
- Whack a Potato
- Animate Your Name - Follow the Instructions, but code some more to use Makey Makey
- Can you create a Frankenstein switch?
- Instructables(one of my favorite sites) has a ton of projects submitted
- Giant Makey Makey Tutorial https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/1294-gigantic-playable-makey-makeyx
- High Five Game for Two Players
- Makey Makey on Pinterest
- Physics Car Track
- Skee Ball
- Interactive Posters
- Make a Guitar
- Biography Bottles
- Investigating Conductivity with Makey Makey Boards - lesson from the Digital Technologies Hub
- Digitally Interfaced Book: Paper, Graphite, Makey Makey, Scratch, and Imagination
- A Studio for Makey Makey Instruments, providing projects created and uploaded by students (on the Scratch website)
- Hour of Curiosity Makey Makey resources - videos, plans, and ideas
- Create a “bored” game or use split pins for a simpler process. https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/466x
- Create a poster or link it to literacy http://observelearndo.blogspot.com/search?q=makey+makey
- Art idea https://www.instructables.com/id/Interactive-Art-With-Scratch-and-Makey-Makey/
- Hacking toys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKLc99CJnkQ
- Create a data collector
University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide's CSER group runs a range of Digital Technologies Programs for Australian teachers, including our free, online CSER MOOC courses, free professional learning events, and our National Lending Library. Here are some lesson plans from CSER:
- Exploring Digital Systems with Makey Makey (Foundation to Y2)
- Makey Makey Interactive Poster (Y3 - Y4)
- User Interface Design: Controllers for All (Y5 - Y6)
A great sequence of lessons built by participants in the CSER Google+ Community:
- Introduction to Makey Makey and Scratch
- Investigating components of digital systems and how they transmit data via MaKey Makey
- Makey Makey Magic!
Explore the CSER MOOCs and CSER Google+ communities for further ideas. It's free and open for anyone to join!
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