Making Projects | 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

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

Using external input and outputs with physical computing devices can be intimidating for learners new to working with micro controllers.

In a previous post I presented a practical logic gates lesson using the BBC micro:bit, however it required quite a