The NeuroSky Mindwave unit has proven to be fascinating for many of the pupils that I teach. This was important, as part of the InFindingOut project is around self-assessment by young people of their wellbeing, inspired by the use of biometrics. We will soon by adding further sensing options - each one provides a small sample of data that can then encourage the young person to…
https://youtu.be/Q2NpEY4LWTk Today marked the final session of Marvellous Musical Machine at the Lydiard Park Academy ASC. This first cohort of six boys have been astoundingly capable and a total delight to work with. Keith and I will miss their enthusiasm and wonderful ideas.Here then is their finished work...
Having completed their animated insects (please see the video clip here)- we then built on this by showing them their insects actually flying around in the virtual world on Mushroom Meadows island.
https://youtu.be/6h6IQc5U3EkHaving voted last week to create animated insects that live on mushrooms, this week we filmed short animated sequences.The wonderful Year 9 crew at Crowdy's used the insects that they had drawn. It was a joy and a privilege to see their engagement with this task.
https://youtu.be/KNJh7TGm4yo As our first cohort near completion of their machine - here is a little clip featuring the use of MakeCode Arcade for musical composition.To see the whole Marvellous Musical Machine journey to date, please visit: www.flickernet.net/mmmThe grand premiere of their performance film will be on Monday 8th December. We will be moving on to the Ridgeway ASC early in the new year , where…
Fun in Bishopstone today creating what we are calling Quiz Machines!These are based on MicroBits, Bit Commanders and View screens - the same equipment that we are using to build the ChoiceBoxes at Crowdy's - but this time they act as "fastest finger first" devices that transmit to the Receiving Unit the team name followed by the answer.We plan to develop them so that…