This successful workshop at the Scratch conference Europe was just too cool not to share with our community! So we reached out to Matt to interview him and find out more about how he shares Makey Makey ideas with other teachers.
For this project, they could have students make a book and it doesn’t have to
You will learn to create poems out of old book pages and make your poetry interactive with Scratch and Makey Makey!
When you think you have a good idea of your poem, go the next step before blacking
The Craft + Code Booster Kit is inspired by all of the crafting and inventiveness we’ve seen created by the community over the years. This booster kit is a balanced combination of creative materials such as binder clips and aluminum foil as well as hard to find components such as conductive thread, conductive fabric an
start inventing right out of the box, conductivity is the first concept that you have
Learn to hack LED light strings to light up only on certain key presses. This is a hack that uses Makey Makey in a completely unconventional way! It’s an advanced guide for makers who want to try something a little wacky!
However, the hack that allows you to do this is completely unconventional and you have
TIMING{;}30-45 min — GRADES{;} 2nd- 8th grade — SUPPLIES{;} Makey Makey Bricolage Sampler App Printable — PRODUCTS{;} Makey Makey Classic  — ENDCAP{;} Get inspired and see what other people are creating!  — INSTRUCTIONS{;} Literacy to Inspire Making  In this guide, you will use a picture book to inspire yo
(Non-conductive materials are an insulator) Now you have some design decisions.
Let us build the perfect gift for your young inventor! Move over gift cards, Makey Makey is making holiday gift buying easy with our new gift bundles. Fit the interest of any young maker with one of our custom gift bundles to match the skill of inventors of any age. These holiday gift bundles are the perfect combinatio
Have an inspired creator, inventor, or engineer in your life that is always crafting
Combine Makey Makey with a webcam to create candid stories about your classroom. You will write out short tableaus and create GIF prompts for so you can visualize ideas from a text or even help you remember vocabulary words. Tableaus which are visual stills of an idea (think of playing FREEZE when acting out a story.) You could use this guide to act out historical events scientific ideas, basically anything that would make a good 3-4 frame image to be turned into a GIF!
To make a tableau, you have to decide what you want to feature in each frozen scene
Makey Makey This is a quick and simple tilt sensor using copper tape, screws, and a metal marble that should only take you a few minutes to build, so you can concentrate on coding a really fun tilt game! This sensor design is courtesy of Aaron Graves.
Make sure you have tape on all sides of your pipe, but leave space between the tape
We love the innovative ways that educators (in both formal and informal learning spaces) introduce learners to the concept of physical computing with Makey Makey and coding languages like: Scratch, Processing, and Python. Each month, we like to feature an educator and a unique project they’ve worked on recently. To rea
  This workshop was successful because of the tools Colleen and others have
Makey Max Backpack Want to pump up your projects? Take your inventions to the MAX with the Makey Max Backpack. This backpack enables inventors to alligator clip to the 12 inputs on the back, making the full Makey Makey board accessible for all inventors. It’s the ultimate in extreme inventing! The Makey Max Backpack is
� � Makey Makey Backpack Bundle $44.95 Makey Makey backpacks have invention
