Week 8 Journal

This week was my first experience with the Makey Makey. I struggled to get it to work at first, which was slightly frustrating. One of the causes of my frustration was from my current view of the device. It essentially lets you change the input device. While the device is neat, I’m struggling to see how changing the input will make the experience that much better. I don’t see the difference between hitting an arrow key on the keyboard or a chunk of PlayDoh. Some of the better applications I’ve seen make displays interactive and things like that. That’s better, but I still struggle to see it as a big add to a project.