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Candid Camera and GIF stories with Makey Makey

TIMING{;}Up to 1 hour --- GRADES{;} Pre-K - 12+ --- SUPPLIES{;} Makey Makey Paper tinfoil long alligator clips from STEM pack or old Ethernet/telephone cables --- PRODUCTS{;} Makey Makey Classic --- TAGS{;} Social Skills, Social Studies, Communication, ELA, Foil ---...
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Makey Makey at ISTE

The Makey Makey team headed up to Chicago this summer to join all the fun at the #ISTE18 conference! With over 25,000 educators in attendance, there were so many amazing sessions for learning about all things #edtech. Here at Joy...
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Makey Makey Training Partner Program Update

Many hands make light work! This saying never rang more true than it does right now in terms of STEAM education. Official Makey Makey Training Partners have been invaluable since the program's inception in 2016.  We believe the best way...
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School-Issued Makey Makey Kits Shipped Directly to Students

Free Classes and Activities We know this school year looks different and we are trying a few initiatives to support educators with remote learning. We created beginner and intermediate Makey Makey classes for students at home and are diligently working...
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Fun Fact Friday: Great Scratch Games for Plug and Play Makey Makey fun!

We know Scratch and Makey Makey go together like peanut butter and jelly. That's why we are sharing some of our favorite Scratch projects today for Fun Fact Friday! Scratch Project Name Tags Makey Makey Inputs  Brief Description of how...
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Free Professional Development: Light Physical Computing with Scratch and Makey Makey

Thanks to Mark Schreiber and Year in the Making, our content creator Colleen Graves, was able to share some free professional development yesterday for maker educators.  The topic? Some of our favorite things: Physical computing with Scratch and Makey Makey.  In case you missed it,...
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Lighting an LED With Makey Makey

TIMING{;}30-45 min --- GRADES{;}  4-12 --- SUPPLIES{;} Makey Makey LEDs on Amazon / Adafruit LEDs/ Ohm Resistors Aluminum Foil or Foil Sheets Play-doh Optional: SparkFun Hookup Wire --- ENDCAP{;} Get inspired and see what other people are creating!   --- INSTRUCTIONS{;} Welcome to this...
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Connect a Makey Makey to your iPad to Build a Mouse or Trackpad! Code your Key Presses!

We heard in March 2020 that the new iPad OS would support arrow keys and mouse or trackpad movement, so we bought a sampling of adapters to test it out with our little invention kit! As of April 13th, iPads running...
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Let's Invent! Episode Six: Chain Reactions with Strawbees and Makey Makey

This week on "Let's Invent!" we teamed up with Strawbees to create chain reactions with everyday materials from home. Both Lindsay and Colleen were inspired to tinker with chain reactions at the start of the "stay at home" orders around the...
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Makey Makey Holidays 2021!

    There are so many fun holiday projects you can make with our invention kit! We wanted to share a post to give you some ideas to use at home or with your students at school! What will you...
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