Alex Hadwen-Bennett, Author at Physical Computing and Maker Education

Computing Making Projects

Making can be thought of as encompassing practical activities which involve the use of creativity to design and develop a

I created the code design board as a medium for blind learners to design their programs. It which is a

A graphghan is a pattern for a crochet afghan that takes the form of a grid of coloured squares. It

Computers use the binary number system as the digits can represent the two possible states of a digital circuit. Boolean

Early Roots of Programming Textiles and programming have a long history together, long before e-textiles entered the picture. An early

The snowflake module extends the Turtle class to enable the easy creation of simple snowflakes. This module is built into

I have been working on developing a simple online IDE for Python aimed at beginners and geared towards the creation

This project involves the creation of an e-textile Christmas tree made out of felt and controlled by a BBC micro:bit.

Recently I have been investigating different ways of simplifying the incorporation of the BBC micro:bit in e-textile projects. Currently the

I recently published a blog post with instructions on creating a simple DIY Input/Output board for the BBC micro:bit, it