Create an interactive drawing that teaches something! Take this quick design challenge to teach us about anything you are passionate about! Connect your drawing to our Makey Makey Sampler app to plug and play, or code your drawings to speak with Scratch.
(You have a limit of five seconds) Press to test
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 feature an educator and a unique project they’ve work
workshops and technology integration across New Zealand I have
Review This Week’s Webinar! TOPIC: STEM From a Distance: Creating Content and Activities for AT home Learning WHEN: August 27th 12 pm Pacific/ 2 pm Central/ 3 pm Eastern In this new webinar series, we are reaching out to educators all over the world to see how they are tackling the challenges of teaching STEM in the er
to be inventive with the materials and things they have
2022 was a big year! We celebrated our bananaversary, released lots of new apps, new products, and even launched a Free online beginner course for educators! Free Makey Makey 101 Are you new to Makey Makey and ready to learn how to use our invention kit in the classroom? In this course, you’ll learn about invention lit
Backpack Bundles Makey Makey backpacks have invention
It has recently come to our attention that counterfeit Makey Makey kits are cropping up for sale even from what might appear to be “real” online storefronts. (Here at JoyLabz, we call them Fakey Fakeys.) These aren’t just boards with features similar to a genuine Makey Makey; they are fakes pretending to be Makey Makey
bought cheap Fakeys, we’ve heard that the boards have
Featured Educator Series: Learn about how John and Susan bring exploded controllers to teach students and teachers about game design and game controller design. Powered by Makey Makey and everyday stuff!
and then remake the controllers, but John and Susan have
Last month, our Curriculum and Content director Colleen Graves volunteered at a local elementary school to create and run oversized Makey Makey games for the majority of the school! While she is working on a larger guide to explain how to run your own STEAM day event with Makey Makey, we wanted to go ahead and share th
operate with your feet was difficult to design, but I have
Up until now you’ve learned how circuits work and explored Makey Makey. But now let’s go further by exploring switches. Switches are a simple type of sensor. Sensors and microcontrollers power our world. But what is a sensor? And what is a microcontroller? And how do they work together? Let’s get started!
Beginner Level Makey Makey class or makers who already have
In this project, we will build a basic tag game for our first real game with Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. In the introduction, we created a character or ‘sprite’, and we were able to move it around the screen using the arrow keys on our keyboard or with our Makey Makey. We will build on that concept and add another sprit
The best games tell a story, and the best stories have
Enter the world of Physical Computing with Scratch and Makey Makey! Here’s a really quick intro to get started!
Have fun tinkering!
