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Makey Makey paper and pencil game controller

Posted on April 10, 2014 by blogmywiki

I had three goes at this before I got it to work: making a game controller from a sheet of paper with pencil drawings on. Pencil lead is made of graphite, which conducts electricity, so the Makey Makey allows you … Continue reading →

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Makey Makey

Posted on April 10, 2014 by blogmywiki

I am very late to the Makey Makey party, I know. In case you don’t know what it is, it’s a gizmo that plugs into just about any computer’s USB port. The computer thinks it’s a normal USB keyboard (MacOS … Continue reading →

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Scratch – how low can you go?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by blogmywiki

How low can you go? Well, in the words of MC Wildski, I think it was, ‘the lower you go, the more you show you know.’ He may have been talking about bass frequency, but I think it’s equally applicable … Continue reading →

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First steps with Kano

Posted on March 23, 2014 by blogmywiki

A new cute-looking Raspberry Pi kit and OS? That’s what Kano claims to offer – a rather spiffy kit containing a Raspberry Pi, wireless keyboard & trackpad, OS on SD card, wifi adaptor, speaker, power supply and a nice case … Continue reading →

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Using Scratch to make teaching resources

Posted on March 8, 2014 by blogmywiki

Sometimes I can spend hours searching TES and other web sites for the right interactive teaching resource. This week I was teaching direction, quarter and half turns to Year 2 and I wanted something I could use on the interactive … Continue reading →

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