When the boxes started coming in for my first Makerspace DonorsChoose grant, I was so excited to unpack the three Makey Makey kits that we received! In anticipation of these supplies coming in, I showed some of my students this introductory video to the Makey Makey. They were so excited to get their hands on it and give it a try!

I have one particular student in my Advisory class that is very tech savvy, and he dove right in to getting the Makey Makey going with his laptop. The idea that he could create a controller using Play-Doh to play Minecraft just about blew his mind. On his way to his next class, he told one of the other teachers, “That was the coolest thing I’ve ever done in my LIFE!”

We still have a lot of potential to unlock with the Makey Makey. I was really inspired by this video on hand felting a banana with conductive fibers. It’s so exciting to think of all of the possibilities of things that my students can create!