I run a Code Club for kids at my local primary school. I've received 10 micro:bits in the mail and the plan is to spend the next term (nine one hour sessions) teaching the kids using the micro:bits. Sounds like we need a plan... Step 1: Pick...
Together with three other volunteers I run a Code Club for teaching New Zealand year 5 and 6 students (9-10 years old) to code. We have up to 23 students coming this term once a week after school. Luckily I was chosen to be one of the winners of the ...
AM preparing for the all-day GEMS camp where we will use and give away the microbits. Am terribly frustrated by software--can't find the block for IF-DO--and you can't do much without that! Tried to make them work on tablets, but not having much...
Our girls did great, and were very enthusiastic about the micro:bit. The house parents, as well are very keen for them to learn. These are the lower grade students. The University Students will also be learning. We will have a...
Even being bathing in technology, my sink still leaks, and I don’t know until it’s flooded in the cupboard. It’s almost ridiculous to NOT know when your basement is flooded. Tubs, washing machines, even the refrigerator could leak at any time. ...
Hello again! Last Friday we had a grand unboxing of the micro:bit club pack that I was awarded in the giveaway. This is a video of that exciting event www.youtube.com/watch More to come as we start working on our clock projects. /...
Hello! I am one of the lucky winners of a micro:bit club pack in the Great micro:bit education giveaway. I am very happy to be selected and I am really looking forward to working on this project for the next ten weeks. We will be working with ma...
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I made a few Microbit Robots for the local library coding class.This one was printed from scratch. we started with just rf remote control but I plan to add line following sensors. These two used commercially available chassis.They all use a homemade ...
Among the BBC Micro:bit’s onboard sensors is an accelerometer. This can be used for a myriad of applications, but I will use it for the simplest of motion detection – a step-counter! The idea is simple, it detects enough motion and considers it...
The BBC Micro:bit is small, different than other boards. But this board is packed with features. One, in particular, I use in this project is the onboard compass, aka a magnetometer. I wanted to use it as a metal detector! The earth has a magnet...
The BBC micro:bit has a 5x5 array of surface mount LEDs that allow it to display one character at a time or rudimentary graphics.I find the LEDs to be a bit too far apart to easily read the characters displayed - the dots(pixels) don't look connected...
This is Part 2 of the Micro:bit version of the someone behind you sensor. For those who did part 1, this one adds an addressable LEDs to indicate when the PIR motion sensor is triggered. It also has a secondary nightlight mode that turns on the...
The Someone Behind You Sensor idea (for Arduino) is one of the most useful but simple projects I ever made. I thought it would be worthwhile to port it over to the BBC Micro:bit. The original idea was to have some LEDs placed on a desk, where the use...
A nine-year old student successfully wrote a program to calculate a centuries-old mathematical sequence in a matter of seconds on the BBC micro:bit, beating out eight decades of advanced computer technology with simple modern coding skills. The Grand...
Newark element14 recently teamed up with TechGirlz - a nonprofit organisation dedicated to reducing the gender gap in technology industries - to provide middle school students in Chicago with a hands-on introduction to basic coding.Hosted at two Micr...
Students from Wimbledon High School had the opportunity to showcase their programming skills this month when they took part in Microsoft's 'Hack The Classroom' event, featuring the BBC micro:bit. Provided with micro:bit devices, sen...
Singapore has become the latest country to join the micro:bit revolution, with the country's Ministry of Education supporting a national campaign to roll out more than 100,000 of the devices in a bid to nurture a new generation of digital makers....
Many of you who have been following me over the years knows that Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year, and that I always build a project or two for Element14. This year I decided to mix things up a little bit and build two separate proj...
From Sweden's world-leading startup ecosystem to Finland's vibrant telecommunications industry, the countries of the Nordic region of Europe have earned a strong reputation for consistently standing at the forefront of innovation and ne...
The BBC micro:bit continues to spread around the world with its official Japanese launch this week at the Tokyo Maker Faire. Representatives from the BBC micro:bit foundation and Farnell element14 were in attendance at the event, which brings togethe...
This time last year, the first batch of BBC micro:bit devices was being delivered to one million high school students across the UK. Twelve months later, the initiative continues to go from strength to strength. Already available across Europe,...
Over a hectic four days, members of the element14 team have been present at the ISTE Conference in San Antonio, where the BBC micro:bit was officially launched in the USA and Canada. The event was packed with a constant stream of interested and ...
The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference is one of the biggest events of its kind in the world – a meeting of education and technology thought leaders, companies, teachers and students. It’s currently being held i...
