So Stoked!

At the beginning of December the three ITRTs from Amherst were allowed to attend the VSTE Conference held in Hampton.  Whenever I attend a conference I try to stay away from vendors because I know I will want to spend money I don't have.  I stick to the sessions.  However, one vendor set up right across the room from some of my sessions and brought children in to showcase what they had created using the vendor's product. I saw second grade children use basic programming skills coupled with a product called makey makey to do some really cool things.  SECOND GRADERS were programming and coding!  I was hooked. 

I came home and asked my technology supervisor for a makey makey to experiment with but was told we didn't have the money.  Bummer!  So I went to a site called Donors Choose and applied for a mini grant to purchase four makey makeys.  By the end of December my grant was funded and today my makey makeys arrived at my school.  I can't wait to use these with the students!