Code Along : Makey Makey 101

This video tutorial was hosted by LEARN – RÉCIT Provincial Service for the Anglophone Community. Join us for a Taste of Technology, Code Along! During this webinar, we will introduce you to the Makey Makey microcontroller and walk you through coding activities using Scratch that can easily be integrated into your classroom.

Resources and link to the presentation slides are available in the video description.

Makey Makey Code Along Presentation

This video tutorial was hosted by LEARN – RÉCIT Provincial Service for the Anglophone Community. Join us for a Taste of Technology, Code Along! During this webinar, we will introduce you to the Makey Makey microcontroller and walk you through coding activities using Scratch that can easily be integrated into your classroom.

Makey Makey Resource Hyperdoc

This helpful one-pager contains resources to get you and your students started with Makey Makey. It also contains examples of activities that can be done across the curriculum with various grade levels to activate Digital Competency alongside curricular outcomes.

The RÉCIT Provincial Services for the Anglophone Community created this resource.

Machine Learning: Scratch Projects

Check out these step-by-step activity guides for Scratch. They are designed to support independent learning.

Primary school computing & literacy w/ storytelling — Bobby Whyte | Computing education research

A video by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Dr Bobby Whyte discusses the benefits and shares examples of storytelling in elementary using programming software (Scratch).

Musical Instruments with Makey Makey: Jason Webb

Musical instruments with the MaKey MaKey (1-4 hours) – easy/intermediate. Can be done with Scratch coding software.

Raspberrypi: Code Club

Step-by-step instructions for projects including Scratch, HTML and CSS, Python, Sense Hat add-on, Sonic PI, Micro:bit, Blender, and more.

Wakelet: Scratch

Check out this Wakelet, which was created by the LEARN RÉCIT team. It contains many helpful links in one spot, so its easy for you to use and navigate.

Interactive Models: How to Guide

A slide deck that covers how to create your own interactive models using Scratch programming software and Makey Makey microcontrollers.

Scratch: Historical Figures

In this open-ended activity, students will research a historical figure and program a short scenario about what they learned. Students could research someone from a particular territory or society they are learning about. They could also program a story related to a specific historical event.

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