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Intro to makey makey and scratch

With poetry

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Hello!

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Poetry

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As I see it, whoever’s doing the inventing is also doing most of the learning - and probably having most of the fun.

Mitch Resnick

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Find a piece of text to use

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Don’t worry about making a mistake.

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Don’t read the page. Instead just scan and look for an anchor word that pops out for you.

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Now you can look for connecting words

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5.

Please

limit yourself

to only

5 words

or stanzas

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I believe that the best way to help people understand the world is to provide them with opportunities to actively explore, experiment, and express themselves. Mitch Resnick

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Now record each part of the poem one for space bar, up arrow, down arrow, right arrow, left arrow.

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Makey makey your poem

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Credits

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