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Physical Programming
I’ve always loved coding that people can physically interact with. It makes your digital work tactile and sometimes even a little magical. I’ve taught Physical Computing as a unit within other courses like Assistive Technology Engineering and as it’s own semester long course. Tools used: Projects:
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Unit 2 – Programming
Originally posted JANUARY 18, 2014 The second unit was about two weeks long and introduced students to computer programming. I really lucked out this year by having the nation wide “hour of code” push happen at about the same time. In past years I started out teaching students processing and then arduino. Processing is great…
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Outdoor Conductivity Fun!
Originally Posted: APRIL 22, 2010 This quarter’s Physical Computing class is focusing on making interactive music. The first topic is resistance. We’ve gone over what a regular circuit resistor is and now we’re testing the resistance/conductivity of everything else. Today we a simple circuit to test the conductivity of plants outside. It was amazingly successful…