Educators
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We offer ordering assistance and instructional resources to those of you who bring Invention Literacy to the world.
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Upload a PDF of your purchase order (PO) and documentation of US tax exempt status (if applicable) here:
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For orders from educational institutions within the United States only, use our online Estimate Form to get an estimated price or to initiate a formal quote.
International educators, please email education@joylabz.com
International educators, please email education@joylabz.com
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Resources
Educator Guide for Administrators
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- Introducing Makey Makey
- For Administrators Only: Why Use Makey Makey In The Classroom?
- Becoming Familiar With Makey Makey
- Makey Makey In The Classroom
- Beyond The Banana Piano: Innovation Through Design Challenges
- Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop
At Home Course for Students and Teachers
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- Craft a Circuit
- Hands-on a Makey Makey
- What is Conductive?
- Draw an Instrument
- Code Key Presses in Scratch
- Craft and Code Stories in Scratch
- Code a Two Player Game in MakeCode
How To Page for Teachers and Students
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- Sketch it! Play it!
- Ultimate Stomping Pad
- Musical Creations
- Distance Rate and Time
- Gigantic Playable Makey Makey
- And more!
Resources for Teachers
Makey Makey® makes it easy to integrate STEM into your curriculum in ways that will be fun and engaging for students. Makey Makey can be used in any subject area to help students grasp new concepts through tangible, interactive, hands-on activities. We’ve developed beginner plug and play activities, beginner Scratch activities, and even beginner MakeCode Arcade activities to help teachers painlessly incorporate tech into their lessons. Check out our Google Slides for teachers at MakeyMakey.com/Slides2023. Brand new to Makey Makey? We even have a free Makey Makey 101 course for teachers.
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ProfessIonal development
The Makey Makey Certified Educator Workshop is an intensive, hands-on, 2-hour virtual class during which you’ll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award winning Makey Makey. This workshop is designed for teachers who have experience teaching Makey Makey with students, but want to know how to further this work!
In this workshop you will...
In this workshop you will...
- Implement Best Practices for Teaching Makey Makey – Participants will develop and refine instructional approaches to effectively guide students in inventing with Makey Makey, both in traditional and non-traditional learning environments.
- Apply Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking – Educators will explore hands-on strategies for integrating Makey Makey into their classrooms, moving beyond basic applications to foster student creativity and problem-solving skills. Design Engaging, Student-Centered Makey
- Makey Activities – Educators will create and adapt interactive projects using Makey Makey apps and activities that promote collaboration, experimentation, and deeper learning in their classrooms.
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Trees of Knowledge
Jean Piaget watched children develop very closely in the mid-20th century, and he realized that they weren't passively internalizing knowledge, like empty vessels to be filled. He proposed that people create knowledge by building mental structures, which he called schema, in a way that makes sense to them (I like to think of little imaginary "hands" building a knowledge tree). The focus on the construction of knowledge, as opposed to its transmission, led Piaget to develop the theory of constructivism …
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