MakeyMakey Tap Shoes

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MakeyMakey Tap Shoes

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Hook up a MakeyMakey to tap shoes!

You'll need:
one MakeyMakey
a pair of tap shoes

some extra wire for longer leads

tape

Tape Lead Wires to the Taps

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Strip the wire ends. Use the tape to fasten some of the extra wires to each of the four taps. About four feet is a good length for the wires.

Hook Up the Ground Lead

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Attach the ground lead to a metal plate from the MakeyMakey

Hook Up the MakeyMakey

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Hook up each tap to one of the inputs on the MakeyMakey. You can experiment around with which one you want which tap to be hooked up to.

Tap Time!

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Pick a program from http://scratch.mit.edu/ to experiment with. Tap away!