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  • Date Created: 30 Mar 2015 9:07 AM Date Created
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Convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool

MAb
MAb
30 Mar 2015

How do you convince an entire generation of school children that STEM is cool? You let them experiment.

 

STEM image for John's blogAlong with 25 other tech companies, including ARM, Samsung, and Microsoft, Freescale is working with the BBC to provide kids across the UK with one million personal coding devices as part of their Make it Digital initiative. The goal is to stimulate children’s interest in technology at a young age by providing them with the tools they need to learn and succeed.


The device, coined Micro Bit, is designed to be a starting point to get younger children interesting in coding so they can move onto other, more complex devices in future. Micro Bit, which uses a Kinetis MCU and Freescale motion sensors, will be released this September. It has a built in LED display and can be programmed using Touch Develop, C++, MBED and Python. Kids can plug the Micro Bit straight into the computer and start creating.And the Micro Bit can even connect and communicate with other devices, including Arduino, Galileo, Kano and Raspberry Pi, as well as other Micro Bits.


STEM education is important to us at Freescale, and we believe children have the ability to create incredible things with the right support and education. In 2013, we founded the Freescale Foundation as a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting science, technology, engineering, and math education for K-12 students. Whether it’s unveiling the fun science behind model rockets, the engineering that enables robots or the technology that drives automotive advancement, the foundation aims to empower our future innovators.


We are excited to support such an amazing initiative that will enable the great minds of tomorrow, today.


John Dixon is Director of Global Marketing at Freescale.

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  • DAB
    DAB over 8 years ago +1
    From my point of view, you need to expose young kids to the neat capabilities of STEM when they are very young. I remember watching the nature films in school and the NASA launches in the 1960's. You need…
  • nbizzell
    nbizzell over 8 years ago +1
    I am a secondary school computing teacher and I'm keen to see the details of how the scheme will work. I believe some units will ship to teachers before the summer so we can gain familiarity and plan,…
  • element14Dave
    element14Dave over 8 years ago

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    nbizzell over 8 years ago

    I am a secondary school computing teacher and I'm keen to see the details of how the scheme will work.

     

    I believe some units will ship to teachers before the summer so we can gain familiarity and plan, but I haven't yet seen any more details.

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    DAB over 8 years ago

    From my point of view, you need to expose young kids to the neat capabilities of STEM when they are very young.

    I remember watching the nature films in school and the NASA launches in the 1960's.

     

    You need very capable people who can go from school to school and engage the kids at all ages with the really cool aspects of technology and identify the skills they need to succeed in finding a job.

     

    You need to show them local people who took the challenge and succeeded so that they can see that they CAN learn and use STEM to find fun and well paying jobs.

     

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