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Magical Project Ideas!

Apr 22, 2019 Check out this local story about a kid who decided to craft and code her own magic with Scratch and Makey Makey! And all because she loves reading! "She was inspired to do more to bring Hogwarts to life.... READ MORE

New Instructables: Conductive Jelly Donuts: A Sewing Circuits Primer

Apr 19, 2019 Have you ever wanted to sew with electricity? Maybe sew your own circuits and control it with Makey Makey? If you are unsure of where to get started, check out our brand new Labz guide for beginner soft circuits! Check... READ MORE

Robotics Week Meets Poetry Month: Webinar with BirdBrain Technologies

Apr 08, 2019 We cooked up a mash-up of epic proportions for robotics week and poetry month! Our curriculum lead Colleen Graves joined Katie Henry of BirdBrain Technologies and Bud Hunt of Clearview Library District to explore how robotics and Makey Makey can be used a compositional tool to inspire literacy connections... READ MORE

New Educator Guide: Tinkering with Circuits and Makey Makey

Mar 19, 2019 Here at Makey Makey we are constantly evaluating ways we can help teachers integrate Makey Makey into the curriculum! Our latest teacher's guide focuses on tinkering with circuits in stations. Supplies for each station are listed, along with simple instructions... READ MORE

New Guides: Three Ways to Build a Floor Piano

Mar 07, 2019 Banana pianos are awesome, but what about playing music with your feet? Introducing our new guides to build your own oversized floor piano or your own portable piano! In this new guide, you can build a quick floor piano with... READ MORE

Featured Educator: Tim Thatcher and Conductor Light Boxes

Feb 21, 2019 Featured Educator Series 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 will... READ MORE

Fun Fact Friday: What are your favorite conductors?

Feb 15, 2019 Last week over on our Facebook educator group, Michael Carroll (inventor at Scrappy Circuits) posed this question... What are you favorite conductors to use with MakeyMakey and your students? Any unexpected ones? I’ll get the list started with aluminum... READ MORE