<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Struggling to learn--GEMS</title><link>/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/struggling-to-learn--gems</link><description>AM preparing for the all-day GEMS camp where we will use and give away the microbits. Am terribly frustrated by software--can&amp;#39;t find the block for IF-DO--and you can&amp;#39;t do much without that! Tried to make them work on tablets, but not having much...</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Struggling to learn--GEMS</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/struggling-to-learn--gems</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 21:53:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6fa62e7a-71f9-4fc2-b374-0bc0a0157bd5</guid><dc:creator>dougw</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The if-then and if-then-else blocks are under the Logic functions...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;IF-Then is similar to If-DO&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5747&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Struggling to learn--GEMS</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/stem-academy/microbit/b/blog/posts/struggling-to-learn--gems</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 21:08:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6fa62e7a-71f9-4fc2-b374-0bc0a0157bd5</guid><dc:creator>jc2048</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t understand what you mean by an IF-DO block.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you mean a conditional, IF &amp;lt;something&amp;gt; THEN &amp;lt;do something&amp;gt; type construct? If so these are your options [they're called 'Logic' for some reason]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[View:/resized-image/__size/549x522/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-6fa62e7a-71f9-4fc2-b374-0bc0a0157bd5/7635.contentimage_5F00_188892.png:549:522]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or do you mean a WHILE &amp;lt;something&amp;gt; DO &amp;lt;something&amp;gt; style loop, in which case these are your options&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[View:/resized-image/__size/620x507/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-6fa62e7a-71f9-4fc2-b374-0bc0a0157bd5/3426.contentimage_5F00_188893.png:620:507]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#39;re more used to using a traditional programming language and know Javascript, change to the Javascript view, write a bit of code and then swap back to the blocks and it will show you what the block equivalent is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5747&amp;AppID=140&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>