We will be introducing Makey Makey to teachers and exploring how they can help students build their own controllers with everyday materials like playdoh, coins, graphite pencils, even their own body! The kits will help students discover the difference between conductive and non-conductive materials, invent sensors, and use their imagination to control any computer program. This will deepen their knowledge of circuits and coding without having to learn a computer language. These kits provide a gateway for students with a proclivity for arts to incorporate electronics into their creative endeavors. Makey Makey bridges the gap between the physical world and your computer, allowing for hands-on creative tech projects.
In this session, we will engage in a learner-centered approach to developing scientific principles through data. Participants will work together to build a model of a phenomenon that they observe through videos and experimental apparatus. We will conclude by looking at student data from their engagement in a similar activity. We will discuss how “pedagogical tools” can be used to facilitate knowledge construction in the classroom using science and engineering practices.
