We have an upcoming holiday workshop at Landon Library and wanted to make something special for the event. We’ve had an idea for a while now to use a MaKey MaKey and Scratch to introduce people to playing the piano. These two tools allow us to make playing the piano seem less intimidating, because instead of […]
Read more "How to use a MaKey MaKey and Scratch to learn the piano"With the help of our newest team member Safia, we’ll be running a series of Arabic translations of our most popular blog posts. This post was originally posted on March 2nd, 2015. سهولة باقتنائها (الجزء الأول) Posted on March 2, 2015 by Ryan Alexander Hunt نشر في 25 مارس 2015 ل ريان الكسندر هانت On […]
Read more "Affordable and Accessible Maker Learning Resources for Parents (Arabic Translation)"At almost every event or workshop we attend, parents ask our team members the same question, “How do I encourage my child to learn about coding?” While there are a number of great learn-to-code resources available today, Scratch is our go-to suggestion. Each week we’ll be posting a new tip or tutorial for learning how […]
Read more "Introduction to Scratch Part III: How do parents and teachers get started using Scratch?"At almost every event or workshop we attend, parents ask our team members the same question, “How do I encourage my child to learn about coding?” While there are a number of great learn-to-code resources available today, Scratch is our go-to suggestion. Each week we’ll be posting a new tip or tutorial for learning how […]
Read more "Introduction to Scratch Part II: Creating Custom MaKey MaKey Instruments"At almost every event or workshop we attend, parents ask our team members the same question, “How do I encourage my child to learn about coding?” While there are a number of great learn-to-code resources available today, Scratch is our go-to suggestion. Each week we’ll be posting a new tip or tutorial for learning how […]
Read more "Introduction to Scratch Part 1: What is Scratch?"On Friday we had a parent ask us to create a list of resources that he could work on with his daughter. This request came out of a discussion of the cost of after school classes and children’s camps. The parent in question remarked that while getting his daughter invested in learning is his top […]
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