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Soundplant: computer keyboard sample triggering for Windows & Mac. Makey Makey Interactive Room Challenge Lesson Plan. By Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves Appropriate for grade levels ES-HS Lesson Objectives Introduce or Reiterate the TMI Design process from Invent to Learn - Think Make Improve Design and create an interactive space in the classroom or library Engage students in innovation and creation Entice students to create with technology rather than just consume it Teach key mapping software Soundplant or coding keys with Scratch Lesson Materials Makey Makey for each student or partner groups Alligator Clips Tinfoil Copper Tape Playdoh Anything conductive the students want to use for their interactive idea Key mapping software Soundplant (Use Vocaroo or Audacity to record sounds) or have students create sounds and map keys with Scratch (but students will need accounts and might be tempted to play games.)

Makey Makey Interactive Room Challenge Lesson Plan

Lesson Steps DAY 1: Inspire Inspire students with this video by Hackidemia and TedXYouth@Austin. 1. 2. 3. Choose keys and upload wav files or drag and drop wav files to desired keys. 3. 4. Distance Rate and Time for Math/Science/Physics. By Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves and Aaron Graves.

Distance Rate and Time for Math/Science/Physics

Animated GIF. Animated GIFs-Tutorial on Scratch. Animated GIF maker on Scratch. Importing Movies. GIFPAL - Make GIF animations online with webcam and images. Makey Makey ELA Candid Camera Lesson Plan. By Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves Appropriate for grade levels ES to HS Lesson Objectives Learn to build a switch Review or analyze literature concepts, vocab, or sentence structures Use kinesthetics to reinforce sentence structures, vocabulary, or plot of a book/short story Write a GIF as a dramatic tableau (visual still dramatizations of the ideas in a text) Practice script writing from visual clues Story writing and the elements of a plot Discuss privacy issues and digital citizenship.

Makey Makey ELA Candid Camera Lesson Plan

Simple Circuits Challenge. By Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves Appropriate for grade levels 4th to 8th Lesson Objectives Introduce the TMI Design process from Invent to Learn - Think Make Improve Complete Circuit Challenges Create simple circuits with LEDs and Makey Makey Create switches with playdoh, paper clips, pennies, and other conductive resources Engage students in simple electronics Entice students to create with technology rather than just consume it Lesson Materials Makey Makey for each student or partner groups Alligator Clips Prepared Telephone wires (tutorial below) Tinfoil Playdoh Popsicle Sticks Strawberries or other conductive fruits Small conductive items for switches: Copper brads, Paperclips, pennies, etc.

Simple Circuits Challenge

Makey Makey ELA Logic Puzzles Lesson Plan. By Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves Appropriate for grade levels ES to HS.

Makey Makey ELA Logic Puzzles Lesson Plan

Makey Makey Interactive Word Problem Posters. By Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves Appropriate for grade levels 4th to HS Lesson Objectives.

Makey Makey Interactive Word Problem Posters

Makey Makey Interactive Room Challenge Lesson Plan. Makey Makey Game Controller Challenge. By Teacher Librarian Colleen Graves Appropriate for Grade Levels 5th to HS Lesson Objectives Introduce the TMI Design process from Invent to Learn - Think Make Improve Design and create a video game in Scratch Create an interactive game controller to control the student made game Engage students in innovation and creation Entice students to create with technology rather than just consume it.

Makey Makey Game Controller Challenge

Distance Rate and Time for Math/Science/Physics. Clay makey makey controller. Magnetic-Maze. SketchITPlayIT.pdf. MakeyMakey Remapping. FLUTE. Makey Makey: Don't Tap The White Tile. Getting Started with the Touch Board – Bare Conductive. This tutorial is a step-by-step introduction to your Touch Board.

Getting Started with the Touch Board – Bare Conductive

It will take you through powering it up and changing the sounds on your micro SD card, all the way to using our stencil and Electric Paint to create a series of graphical touch sensors on paper! This is the most basic introduction to the Touch Board and is a great place to start if you’re a beginner, or if you want to get acquainted with the board. We will show you how to use the Touch Board’s electrodes as touch sensors with no programming required. We’ll also show you a few different ways you can use Electric Paint to create interactive graphics.

We’ll be posting more tutorials showing how to use your Touch Board in lots of other cool projects, from making proximity sensors, to MIDI devices, and light switches, so make sure to come back for more, or click on the Suggested Tutorials tab above for more interesting projects. Make sure you have a micro USB cable and a micro SD card adapter before you begin! A Touch Board Space Map for Kids – Bare Conductive. Step 1 The project was a ¼ year project at the kindergarden of my 5 ½ year old daughter.

A Touch Board Space Map for Kids – Bare Conductive

We joined forces and created the "Weltraum Computer" meaning "Space Computer". She drew a lot of space related images and then painted a old kid's bicycle box all blue for the sky backdrop. After that she stuck all the images onto the surface. Then she recorded an explanation for each part of the picture with my technical help with Audacity (open source audio software) and loaded mp3s onto the Touch Board's SD card. The Electric Paint wiring was a joint venture between father and daughter. Make an Enchanted Puppet Show – Bare Conductive. Step 2 Sketch out your design and assign electrodes You should start by sketching out your design.

Make an Enchanted Puppet Show – Bare Conductive

You will need to figure out which electrode corresponds to which conductive thread, so make sure you don't get mixed up! Write down the electrodes you plan to use so you can assign sounds accordingly on the SD card. This project re enacts a scene from the film Napoleon Dynamite. Chimes on Scratch. Dance Dance Revolution on Scratch. Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers. Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers. Switch It Up! v.6.0 on Scratch. DJ-Paper-Circuit-PDF. Interactive Board Game. Making_interactive_landscapes. Home-made Controller Gloves. MaKey MaKey Advanced Guide. Introduction Previously on Getting Started with the MaKey MaKey we discussed how to make your standard banana space bar. But what if you want to make a full-on banana piano, and the default MaKey MaKey key presses don’t fit your needs?

Among its many magical characteristics, the MaKey MaKey is easily reprogrammable, so you can customize the key-mapping to fit your project. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to use Arduino – the most popular embedded development environment out there – to reprogram the MaKey MaKey and modify which inputs press which keyboard or mouse control. SparkFun Beefcake Relay Control Kit - KIT-11042. MaKey MaKey Quickstart Guide. Introduction Welcome to the world of Makey Makey! A world where everyday objects are much more than they appear. Bananas are more than just a curvy fruit --- they're keys to a virtual piano. Play-Doh isn't just a child's toy --- it's the controlling force behind Pacman's up/down/left/right.

FAQ: Questions About Makey Makey? Find out how to change the world. Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to Your World. In stock! Ships immediately! Reviews. Playable Gameboy Costume. November 4, 2014 AT 5:00 pm Instructables user fasaxc only had about 24 hours to make a costume for a party and constructed a playable and wearable giant Gameboy.

He made sure he could get a Gameboy emulator running on his laptop and then printed a photo of the front of a Gameboy onto several sheets of paper. It was a quick fix for this costume – he prefers to paint and sculpt. After the glued the papers onto a cardboard box it was time to mount the electronics. The Gameboy’s screen is simply a laptop that fasaxc folded out flat; he used gaffer tape to keep the laptop in place and rested the computer on a cardboard ledge.

A Showcase for MaKeyMaKey Creations. Makeymakey. ULearn Rocks Music with Friends on Scratch. Free Sheet Music for Piano. Chris Daughtry Piano Tutorial – What About Now. Hello! Thank you for visiting. On this page you will be participating in a Chris Daughtry piano tutorial. The song selected for this piano lesson is “What About Now.” I am sure that you will enjoy playing this piece for your friends. What About Now Lyrics Shadows fill an empty heart as love is fading, From all the things that we are but are not saying. Change the colors of the sky. What about now? The sun is breaking in your eyes to start a new day. Letters of the Piano Keys. On this page we are going to explore the letters of the piano keys. All the keys on the keyboard have a letter name. Twinkle. Rudolph-4. Easy-Incy-Wincy-Spider-Sheet-Music-from-Lets-Play-Music.

Ode to Joy Free Kids' Sheet Music for Piano. Ode to Joy, now with an arrangement offering a challenging and interesting set of left hand chords for students in their second year! This is one of Beethoven's most recognized and beloved melodies. Perhaps your student's older brother has played it on his trumpet in school band, or perhaps he has heard it sung in church as "Joyful, Joyful, we adore thee... " Here are several easy music downloads. These pieces of simple, free kids sheet music for beginning piano players can be dressed up with chords, but the new arrangement with extra harmonies has built-in chords: Mary Had a Little Lamb for Beginner Piano. "Mary Had a Little Lamb is a NURSERY song - will my students play it? " Free Sheet Music for Piano. Free Sheet Music for Piano. Beginner Piano Music for Kids. You just can't have too much beginner piano music! Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Free Sheet Music for Piano.

Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star for beginner piano and late elementary piano students. Starting with a plain melody on middle C, your students can add left hand chords. 4-string guitar, for MaKey MaKey on Scratch. A Showcase for MaKeyMaKey Creations. MaKey MaKey Piano on Scratch. Howto/makeymakey-scratch-handout.pdf. Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share. Howto/makeymakey-scratch-handout.pdf. Makey Makey - Games+ HOW TO: Quick Start, Software. Setup | Materials | Software | Troubleshooting Setup 1) Plug in USB Small side of USB cable plugs into MaKey MaKey, big side plugs into computer. 2) Close Popup Window Your computer may ask you to install drivers or do other setup.

You can click cancel or close the window. 3) Connect to Earth Connect one end of an alligator clip to "Earth" on the bottom of the front side of MaKey MaKey. 4) Connect to Yourself Hold the metal part of the other end of the alligator clip between your fingers. 5) Connect to "Space" and Try It While you're still grounded, touch the round "Space" pad on the MaKey MaKey. MaKey MaKey Advanced Guide - learn.sparkfun.com. Introduction. MaKey MaKey Piano on Scratch. Makey makey DJ- on Scratch. Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard! MaKey MaKey Drum Machine on Scratch. Makey Makey + Ableton Live = Interactive Dance Floor.