Makey Makey!

We are going to: Set up the Makey Makey and make sure it works! Control your keyboard Control your mouse Connect the Makey Makey to Scratch And maybe even…. Play a game and make an instrument!

Connecting the Makey Makey. Check that its connected to USB

Testing the circuit works. PRESS HERE PRESS HERE

Testing the circuit works.

Testing the circuit works.

Controlling the keyboard. W, A, S, D, F, G

Controlling the keyboard. Open up some software that will let you type onto the screen. E.g….

Controlling the keyboard. PUSH A WIRE INTO ANY OF THE LETTER CONNECTORS. HOLD THE END OF THE WIRE AND PRESS THE EARTH TO TYPE THE LETTER ON THE SCREEN! PRESS HERE

Controlling the keyboard. Arrow Keys Space Bar LEFT

Controlling the keyboard. Arrow Keys Space Bar UP

Controlling the keyboard. Arrow Keys Space Bar RIGHT

Controlling the Mouse. PUSH THE WIRES INTO HERE TO CONTROL THE MOUSE. PRESS BOTH TO MOVE THE MOUSE

Available at http://scratch.mit.edu/ Connecting to Scratch. Open up Scratch. Available at http://scratch.mit.edu/

Moving around the screen. Try using 4 bananas to make your cat move around the screen.

Connect to the Makey Makey space bar Press the green flag to run the programme. Now add… Connect to the Makey Makey space bar What happens to the cat?

For more ideas and links: https://makeymakey.com/ What else can you do with it? For more ideas and links: https://makeymakey.com/