This week I explored two different tools and the interaction between them. The first is Scratch, a free, online programming language that allows for very creative and artistic projects. The programming is easy to get into, but also comprehensive, so there's a lot to explore and try out once you get started.
My project is a simple one, it's a short campus tour given by a flying butterfly. I took an aerial shot of our campus using Google Maps, and saved the image as a screenshot to place on the Scratch stage. I then grabbed one of the sprites (characters) from the Scratch library, to serve as the tour guide. Using commands that I dragged from one side of the screen to the other, I created the program step by step. See my Scratch project here.
The second tool is the Makey Makey, which comes in because I used three key stroke commands to trigger the tour...LEFT, RIGHT and UP. Using playdough as arrow keys, one can take the tour by pressing down on them.
Below is a short clip of the Makey Makey set up and its interaction with Scratch.
My project is a simple one, it's a short campus tour given by a flying butterfly. I took an aerial shot of our campus using Google Maps, and saved the image as a screenshot to place on the Scratch stage. I then grabbed one of the sprites (characters) from the Scratch library, to serve as the tour guide. Using commands that I dragged from one side of the screen to the other, I created the program step by step. See my Scratch project here.
The second tool is the Makey Makey, which comes in because I used three key stroke commands to trigger the tour...LEFT, RIGHT and UP. Using playdough as arrow keys, one can take the tour by pressing down on them.
Below is a short clip of the Makey Makey set up and its interaction with Scratch.
