Name: BBC micro:bit V2 - Workshop Webinar
Start: 2021-01-14T16:00Z
End: 2021-01-14T17:00Z

Get to know the BBC micro:bit v2 in this "box to first project" workshop webinar and ask questions of the team that made it happen!

Hosts from the micro:bit foundation will walk you through how simple your first project with the BBC micro:bit v2 can be.

The BBC micro:bit, a pocket-sized computer helping to inspire more than 25 million children to learn digital creativity and computing skills, will receive its first major updates since launching in 2016.

Available from mid-November 2020, it will now include a built-in speaker and microphone, enabling people to learn through sound and to get creative with it straight out-of-the-box. The hardware also includes a number of technical upgrades to ensure that in the future the device is an ideal tool for exploring, understanding and experimenting with AI and ML, as these technologies begin to transform the planet.

Our webinar features members of the team that made it happen and Lorraine Underwood from element14 presents and winner of our #badass Online Film Festival

Hosts

Katie Henry

micro:bit Hosts

Inspiring every child to create their best digital future.
Head of Partnerships, North America Micro:bit Educational Foundation

Lorraine

element14 Presents

Lorraine is a Senior Teaching Associate at Lancaster University, instructing undergraduates in computer science in hands-on studio sessions. Lorraine opened her eyes to electronics, and introduced her to a new love: LEDs, which have since become one of the focuses of the many projects she's built. In 2020, she wrote her first book: "Save the World with Code: 20 Fun Projects for All Ages Using Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, and Circuit Playground Express" in paperback, which was published by McGraw-Hill and is on sale today.

VCP Biography: Lorraine

element14 Hosts

Hosts from the element14 community.

I missed the live session, but glad there was a recording. The Micro:Bit (and now v2) is a much more interesting platform that I realized.

I went to the webinar link early and couldn't find a button to join the meeting. Then I refreshed the page and it popped up! I'm going to try this at the next webinar!

Thanks for the acknowledgements.

I consider myself for the most part, equipped to deal with technology. I figure, joining a meeting should be a task that is fairly intuitive, if not easy. I confess it has only been once in all the webinar that I attended that it was easy. I found the door to the meeting without looking.

I recall a few people arriving late for that meeting late, complaining about the difficultly of finding the meeting link. I thought, gee it seemed pretty simple. After experiencing that same scenario a few times for other webinars. I realize it is not as easy as it could be.

I sign up for a meeting and I'm sent a webcast link, you would think to join the meeting. No the link is your invite to take on the quest to join the meeting. If you look under every stone, turn over all objects, look behind items on the wall or ask the troll under the bridge you can find the resources that allow you to arrive late to the webinar.

Augh! I always promise myself I will start the quest early and never do. I convince myself that it will be easy and still it is not.

phoenixcomm wrote:

colporteur Happened to me too!

Happens to me with every webinar here. When it's not yet time, I get many popups when I go to the community. Up to 20 times. Weeks ahead.

But when it's time for the webinar and you log on to element14 a few minutes before: no popups, no pointer. You have to franticly go search for the exact page that has the right link.

It may be obvious for those who set this up. For the user, it is not intuitive.

colporteur Happened to me too!

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Fred27 over 3 years ago in reply to Fred27 +5

I don't think getting them home from school in time will still be an issue! (For those not in the UK, all the schools are currently closed and parents have to help their children with remote learning.…
Fred27 over 3 years ago +4

I think my two boys - age 9 and 7 - would enjoy this webinar and get a lot out of it. Whether they attend will depend on what mood they're in when they get back from school (and whether they get home in…
e14phil over 3 years ago in reply to Fred27 +3

Its very snowy in my side of the uk!

baldengineer over 3 years ago

I missed the live session, but glad there was a recording. The Micro:Bit (and now v2) is a much more interesting platform that I realized.
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vicki2021 over 3 years ago in reply to colporteur

I went to the webinar link early and couldn't find a button to join the meeting. Then I refreshed the page and it popped up! I'm going to try this at the next webinar!
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colporteur over 3 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

Thanks for the acknowledgements.

I consider myself for the most part, equipped to deal with technology. I figure, joining a meeting should be a task that is fairly intuitive, if not easy. I confess it has only been once in all the webinar that I attended that it was easy. I found the door to the meeting without looking.

I recall a few people arriving late for that meeting late, complaining about the difficultly of finding the meeting link. I thought, gee it seemed pretty simple. After experiencing that same scenario a few times for other webinars. I realize it is not as easy as it could be.

I sign up for a meeting and I'm sent a webcast link, you would think to join the meeting. No the link is your invite to take on the quest to join the meeting. If you look under every stone, turn over all objects, look behind items on the wall or ask the troll under the bridge you can find the resources that allow you to arrive late to the webinar.

Augh! I always promise myself I will start the quest early and never do. I convince myself that it will be easy and still it is not.
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Jan Cumps over 3 years ago in reply to phoenixcomm

phoenixcomm wrote:

colporteur Happened to me too!
Happens to me with every webinar here. When it's not yet time, I get many popups when I go to the community. Up to 20 times. Weeks ahead.
But when it's time for the webinar and you log on to element14 a few minutes before: no popups, no pointer. You have to franticly go search for the exact page that has the right link.
It may be obvious for those who set this up. For the user, it is not intuitive.
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phoenixcomm over 3 years ago in reply to colporteur

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