RE: The Great Micro:bit Giveaway: Arrival

heathmacnelson — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 18:19:31 GMT

Thank you for your kind encouraging comments. Yes! I will certainly be taking photos and videos of their progress. Having just arrived back in the country, I will be traveling to the remote village tomorrow for the first time since our return. (We must have a 4WD vehicle to get there in rainy season).

My husband and I, along with the Principal (he is also from the Ngobe Tribe) will be deciding which group would be best to work with. I, of course, would love to work with our older girls for this project. And I will certainly be introducing the bits to my deaf students. Tribal and non tribal. So, the question is, mixed group of girls and boys, or separate the genders. My experience is that the girls become exceedingly shy with the boys around. I follow a project that the Peace Corps is doing in Zambia, they separate #GirlsCanCode and #BoysCanCode. They have had much success, but the real story there are the girls, who do not believe they can do much of anything. Like the rural Zambian girls, our tribal Ngobe girls have suffered untold miseries. The micro:bits would have the greatest impact on them, is my prediction.... Anti-traficking, Anti-abuse, Anti-hopelessness. The boys, as well, for future employment and positive focus. This is why I am obsessed with educational technology. I love seeing the great equalizer of Tech in action.... So many possibilities! I will be asking my Peace Corps contact for some advice, as his project was such a huge success, initially using Raspberry PI.

https://ashleynicholeriley.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/girls-can-code-technology-camp-january-2017/

RE: The Great Micro:bit Giveaway: Arrival

14rhb — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:49:31 GMT

My husband and I were a (micro) bit worried about ....

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Wishing you, your husband and your school kids all the best in their Micro:bit adventures. As [mention:4d09137f1e9b436c9f3672040f55771c:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] mentions, it would be great to see what kinds of projects you get to build.

Rod

RE: The Great Micro:bit Giveaway: Arrival

dixonselvan — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 11:27:16 GMT

That’s exciting to wait to see how the micro:bits will change your students. Do let us know with some photos or videos of this wonderful micro:bit journey of you and your students.

Good luck!