hardware hacking in schools (acec2014)

http://bit.ly/computingacecdanbowen @dan_bowen

Objectives

• To understand the maker movement a little more

• To have a quick overview of some of the latest maker technology for education

• To think about your own maker spaces at school (use the diagram provided)

• To have a play

Children learn best when they are actively engaged in constructing something that has personal meaning to them – be it a poem, a robot, a sandcastle or a computer program

- Seymour Papert

Digital Technologies &Computing Curriculum

Phoenix from the fames

Google glass, oculus rift, Stem, xbox Kinect, ps3, old retro games, old toys

MIT App Inventor

Table courtesy of @pipcleaves

Raspberry Pi

Linux based computerCan run softwareCan access the internet

Scratch Python

Needs peripheralsHDMI output

Exposed board to illustrate hardware

Arduino

Circuit boardGPIO PINSBreadboard breakoutPaperduino

Open source examplesCoded in C derivative

Sphero

Induction charged ballMoves and lights up

Programmable

Sequencing of instructionsMacros

Tricks and jumps

Navigate a maze

Makey Makey

USB powered

Create simple input

Devices such as gameControllers

Plug and play

Lego …

Plug and play

Links easily to scratch as well asIts own software

Very easy to use

Several sensors

3D printing

3D design3D prototyping

CreateDevelop

ArtefactsFashionSpaceFood

Ethical, Social links to theCurriculum

Sequencing, hardware, software

Maker Space

• Place• Tools• Safety• Training• Learning Pathways• Funding• Resourcing

Every maker of video games knows something that the makers of curriculum don't seem to understand. You'll never see a video game being advertised as being easy. Kids who do not like school will tell you it's not because it's too hard. It's because it's--boring” ― Seymour Papert

Further resources

• Maker space playbook• Maker space online course

– Techtownlearning.com.au– Email dan_bowen@outlook.com for access

– Bit.ly/computingacecdanbowen