Today I helped out at Mehfoud Elementary for their Seussstacular Day! I ran a “techie” station with ITRTs, Sarah Green and Julie Smith. We used three Makey-Makeys which turn objects into touch pads that can interact/control the computer. On the laptops we pulled up the Catch a Thing Dr. Seuss website:
This is a game that requires you to use the four arrows on your keyboard to chase Thing 1 and Thing 2 until you catch them with your net. It is NOT as easy as it may look! As you advance levels, the maze increases in difficulty.
We made arrows out of play-dough and hooked the Makey-Makey up to the play-dough! The kids were amazed that they could control the game on the computer screen just by holding and tapping play-dough.
Soon all ITRTs will have access to a couple of Makey-Makey devices that we can bring to your school for the kids to learn how to program!
