
Today's project:
Interactive art with Makey Makey
We used graphite pencils and markers to create a conductive piece of paper, then wired it up to MakeyMakey and used the apps to interact with our art.
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Interacting with Art using PencilCode
I think I have standardized my program utilizing PencilCode.
1. We begin with the example (the turtle makes 6 off-set squares)
2. We examine the block-based code.
3. We switch to the text-based code. My basic prompts:
How many squares does the turtle make?
Can we change the code so the turtle makes one square?
Can we change the code so the turtle makes an upright square?
Can we change the color of the pen?
4. We erase the existing code and pull out the PencilCode Reference Sheet. We try out several pieces of code together to see what they do.
5. We take turns deciding what to draw: house, flower, boat, face, tree, skull, etc
I still find PencilCode to be an effective and fun way to get the kids off block-based code and into text-based coding.
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