Last week I was fortunate enough to present at my school’s annual technology afternoon. I presented a student led project which was pat of an Integrated unit.  The concept for the unit was to focus on how communities experienced positive change. Students explored different ways people in the community contributed to positive change.

Students applied their knowledge to create a 3D model of a community. After a few lessons of introducing Makey Makey and allowing students to explore with the tool independently, we started to discuss how we could use it to make their maps interactive. Students decided they wanted to create sounds that were associated with a place. For example sirens at the police station and birds at the park. We then used Scratch to program the sounds.

Makey Makey and Scratch on their own are fantastic tools to engage students or enhance learning, but put them together with a student centre project and it is possible to create something really cool.