Use of Arduino Microcontroller in Education: Creation of “The Musical Stairs”

Abstract

In the last few years, the introduction and use of Information and Communication Technology (onwards ICT) in the classroom has been gradually increased, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (onwards STEM) areas. However, the use of ICT technology within the music classroom seems to have stalled in most cases, being relegated to making sound recordings and listening to music fragments. Thanks to the rise of the Maker movement, more and more teachers are interested in introducing new types of ICT in the classroom. In our case, we will show how we developed “The Musical Stairs” to teach the musical concept of pitch, through the creation of a project based in Arduino.

Keywords

• ICT in music classroom
• educational technology
• educational innovation
• Arduino microcontroller
• maker movement