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Here's how easy it is to get started coding with the BBC's micro:bit computer

It has taken a long time for the BBC micro:bit to finally reach students in the UK. The device was first announced in 2015, but it has gone through a series of delays that kept pushing its release ...

BBC micro:bit - the next gen

Take your IT class to the next gen with the BBC micro:bit. Unlock your Primary class' programming skills with our free activities and lesson plans, including cross-curricular projects in Maths, ...
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BBC Micro:bit Reads Morse Code With MakeCode

We always have mixed feelings about the drag-and-drop programming languages. But we were impressed with [SirDan’s] Morse code decoder built with the graphical MakeCode. Granted, it is reading 5 ...
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Hands-On With The BBC Micro:Bit

It’s a rather odd proposition, to give an ARM based single board computer to coder-newbie children in the hope that they might learn something about how computers work, after all if you are used to ...
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How Micro:bit is giving blind and low vision children access to coding

New screen reader compatibility has launched in Microsoft MakeCode, removing barriers for blind and low vision pupils ...
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Two million BBC micro:bits distributed globally

To celebrate its second birthday, the Micro:bit Educational Foundation has today announced the manufacture and distribution of the two millionth BBC micro:bit. This is a fantastic milestone, but it is ...
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BBC Education, Micro:bit Educational Foundation and Nominet join forces to deliver free micro:bits to every primary school across the UK

The partnership will offer a classroom set of 30 BBC micro:bits (a total of almost 700,000 devices) and brand-new teaching resources to every primary school across the UK BBC Education is in a unique ...