Participate and share: Poster 
When we attended ISTE in 2023, we went with the purpose of finding real tools to bring back and implement in our classrooms. We feel like we were successful in doing this, and we want to share the best tools and processes that we learned, and teach easy ways to implement these tools. We also want to show what is possible if you take these separate tools and collaborate among a whole grade level to create a walk-through, hands on "museum" of circuitry.
Fourth Graders in our district learn about circuits, so we focused on ways to create circuits, and narrowed our materials to three main tools:
Makey Makey Kits: Participants can create interactive art, musical instruments and game controllers using just a Makey Makey kit, paper and a pencil!
MicroBits: Participants can code Micro:Bits circuits using makecode coding to run lights, motors, and other graphics.
Circuit Playgrounds: Participants can make circuits with Playgrounds using the makecode coding platform to create light shows, sound, and other interactive elements.
We will have photos and videos available to watch, which will show participants our school model and how we made this concept come to life at our school (and how it can be possible for them, too!). We will have laptop stations set up so that participants can have a hands-on experience with Makey Makey kits, Micro:Bits, and Circuit Playgrounds. We will also bring authentic examples of student work for them to interact with.
At the end of this session, our participants will walk away with the knowledge of how to use these simple tools, which are relatively low cost and easily accessible (and success can be had without the use of the tools as well).
We will have photos and videos available to watch, which will show participants our school model and how we made this concept come to life at our school (and how it can be possible for them, too!). We will have laptop stations set up so that participants can have a hands-on experience with Makey Makey kits, Micro:Bits, and Circuit Playgrounds. We will also bring authentic examples of student work for them to interact with.
At the end of this session, our participants will walk away with the knowledge of how to use these simple tools, which are relatively low cost and easily accessible (and success can be had without the use of the tools as well).
https://youtu.be/oQvcbLmNfok
https://makeymakey.com/
https://makecode.microbit.org/
https://makecode.adafruit.com/
https://learn.browndoggadgets.com/Guide/The+Clapper/245?lang=en
https://learn.browndoggadgets.com/Guide/The+Instant+Star+Guitar/441?lang=en
https://classroom.littlebits.com/inventions/light-up-safety-dog-tutu
https://classroom.littlebits.com/inventions/serial-music
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