Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Starting with micro:bits

It's time to look at micro:bits again with Rivermead Year 6. How best to do that?

Lesson 1

Let's start simply. 
  • A short PPT show on micro:bits
    • How to connect them
    • How you write and download code
    • Some examples of things people have done with them
  • Dish them out, get people connecting them
  • A simple application or two
    • Electronic Di(c)e
    • Paper, Rock, Scissors
That should take up a lunchtime. Maybe get them to look at the examples, decide on one they want to pursue in subsequent weeks, note the requirements, and bring them the following week.

Lesson 2

Ideally, I'd have people participating in projects that would run for 2+ weeks. There are so many ideas, all visible on the micro:bit coding website.

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