Grab your guitar and gather around the Maker Camp campfire. Or blast your favorite maker sing-along ditties while you build your Maker Camp projects during DIY Music week. We have pulled together our favorite songs for kids of all ages in which you can belt out your love for all things “maker” or celebrate your being the unique, inventive, and imaginative person that brought you to Maker Camp!
Week five of Maker Camp is all about making music—with whatever you’ve got. Like a banana. Today we’ll get to learn (and listen) how to do just that with MaKey MaKey co-creator Jay Silver. MaKey MaKey connects to your computer and… to you! Or bananas! Or whatever you can think of! It also connects to Scratch, a fun and free programming language (scratch.mit.edu), and allows you to play games and control animations, all via your own controllers or fruit instruments. Today’s hangout will also include a very special guest: Damian Kulash, lead singer and guitarist of the band OK Go joins to jam with Jay on a fruit instrument of his own design.
This week’s Art and Design week on Maker Camp produced some great hangouts and lots of cool projects from the growing Maker Camp community on Google+. You’re a member, aren’t you? Have a look at some of the projects and art makers made this past week and stay tuned for Maker Camp Monday as we kick off DIY Music week.
Today Maker Camp hits the road for a virtual field trip. This time we’re headed to the headquarters of Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri. Hallmark is a $4 billion business with greeting cards and other products sold in 39,000 retail stores across the U.S. and in 100 countries worldwide. What’s a greeting card company have to with making? Plenty.
Today on Maker Camp we get to hangout with three professional animators who will share tips and secrets of their craft. If you’re interested in drawing, illustration, and graphic design this the show for you. On deck for today’s camp is Karin Fong, David Yoon, and Julian Glander. You’ve seen their work on TV, movies, commercials, and right here on Maker Camp.
Today on Maker Camp (11am PDT on Google+) we’ll be talking about the intersection of art, science, education—and fun.
Today on Maker Camp at 11am PST, we dive deeper into Art and Design week with a day on maker fashion. And we’ve got two premier maker fashionistas as our guides.
