Maker Project Summary
EDTECH 597 was designed to be a hands on learning course where the students learned how to create programs with Scratch and later to incorporate the use of the Makey Makey as well. To assist us with learning Scratch the professor assigned the text Learn to Program with Scratch by Majed Marji which introduces users to Scratch. In our course we focused on Chapters 1 through 7 and each chapter got more complex and required that readers understood each the material presented in earlier chapters.
As we progressed through the text we were assigned problems from the chapters which we had to solve. To add an extra element, the professor encouraged us to further modify our solutions to include additional elements like sound or a backdrop. These further modifications, enabled me to further develop my understanding of the Scratch program. The programs that I created as solutions for the text problems can be found on the pages Scratch Project 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Towards the end of the course, we were asked to create three projects which included the ability to use the Makey Makey as a control option. Using the Makey Makey allows the user to create controls for the computer out of any conducive material. These particular projects were open ended but we were asked to focus our work on creating programs that we could use within our content area. As I work with a variety of grade levels in diverse subjects, I decided to focus my projects on Math concepts that are taught at the Grade 2 level. These projects can be found in Scratch + Makey Makey Project 1, 2, and 3.
One of the major ideas behind the Maker movement is the sharing of knowledge with others so that they can learn from what you are doing. This sharing can take on a variety of different forms including videos, PDFs, and websites. For EDTECH597 we were tasked with using VoiceThread to upload pictures of our work and explaining what we had done. For my particular project, I decided to explain the program Even Game. The completed VoiceThread can be found on the page Project VoiceThread.
Our final project was to create a Maker Unit Plan that could be utilized within our school using the Scratch + Makey Makey Projects that we had developed earlier. My unit focused on reviewing the multiplication tables. As some of my projects did not fit with this theme, I ended up creating an additional program and integrating one that was developed by another Scratch user. The final project can be found in Makey Makey Instructional Unit.
As we progressed through the text we were assigned problems from the chapters which we had to solve. To add an extra element, the professor encouraged us to further modify our solutions to include additional elements like sound or a backdrop. These further modifications, enabled me to further develop my understanding of the Scratch program. The programs that I created as solutions for the text problems can be found on the pages Scratch Project 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Towards the end of the course, we were asked to create three projects which included the ability to use the Makey Makey as a control option. Using the Makey Makey allows the user to create controls for the computer out of any conducive material. These particular projects were open ended but we were asked to focus our work on creating programs that we could use within our content area. As I work with a variety of grade levels in diverse subjects, I decided to focus my projects on Math concepts that are taught at the Grade 2 level. These projects can be found in Scratch + Makey Makey Project 1, 2, and 3.
One of the major ideas behind the Maker movement is the sharing of knowledge with others so that they can learn from what you are doing. This sharing can take on a variety of different forms including videos, PDFs, and websites. For EDTECH597 we were tasked with using VoiceThread to upload pictures of our work and explaining what we had done. For my particular project, I decided to explain the program Even Game. The completed VoiceThread can be found on the page Project VoiceThread.
Our final project was to create a Maker Unit Plan that could be utilized within our school using the Scratch + Makey Makey Projects that we had developed earlier. My unit focused on reviewing the multiplication tables. As some of my projects did not fit with this theme, I ended up creating an additional program and integrating one that was developed by another Scratch user. The final project can be found in Makey Makey Instructional Unit.
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