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Code making and breaking activities in Scratch – part 1

Posted on July 29, 2015 by blogmywiki

When I was a kid I loved making codes and still vividly remember my brother teaching me about simple substitution cyphers; I’d write messages and he’d then try to break them by looking for patterns and common letters like E … Continue reading →

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Visual MaKey MaKey Scratch piano

Posted on April 13, 2014 by blogmywiki

I liked the simple piano I used for the Potato Piano, but I wanted something with some visual feedback, so I just made this one. It works just the same, you wire up some vegetables, PlayDoh, stairs, children etc to … Continue reading →

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Potato Piano

Posted on April 12, 2014 by blogmywiki

Inspired by Whack-a-Potato, I decided to make a Potato Piano, using a MaKey MaKey, a laptop and 8 potatoes. This is a pretty simple project: just go to http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/3197340/ and click on the green flag. You don’t even need to … Continue reading →

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Scratch-a-Sketch

Posted on April 11, 2014 by blogmywiki

I love simple paint programs, like my 2005 effort TillyPaint. Scratch is a great environment for coding such things, and I decided to combine a go at writing a new one with Makey Makey pencil-on-paper buttons to make a kind … Continue reading →

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Makey Makey paper and pencil game controller

Posted on April 10, 2014 by blogmywiki

I had three goes at this before I got it to work: making a game controller from a sheet of paper with pencil drawings on. Pencil lead is made of graphite, which conducts electricity, so the Makey Makey allows you … Continue reading →

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