As part of a project that came out of an entry in the Calderdale Bootstrap Project, Scavengers of Calderdale is a joint project of Noisy Toys and EdLab MMU. This opening pilot workshop at the Hackerspace in Hedben Bridge explore the possibilities offered by taking apart electronic waste and / or recycling computers to create Retro Arcade machines. The “unmaking”… Read more →
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Making Arcade Consoles to Play Video Games
It was the last of our regular sessions with our Y4/5 Roll Crescent group of young people recently. So what better to do that play video games. The learning element here was to use a combination of Arduino, Makey Makeys and authentic arcade buttons and joysticks to assemble DIY control panels. It was also happening at the same time as… Read more →
EdLab Highlights of Community Learning Festival 2017
EdLab was happy to be able to contribute some key workshops aimed at children and families for the 2017 Summer Community Learning Festival in the Birley Building. The festival is an idea way for us to develop our partnerships with local education providers and give us and our students an opportunity to try out new educational sessions. Below are some… Read more →