Learning coding equips students with critical thinking, problem-solving, and computational skills. It is essential for schools to develop opportunities for students to learn computational thinking ...

This research paper was presented at the 23rd annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (opens in new tab) (IDC 2024) the premier forum for inclusive child-centered design and learning.

The puppy face and song is awful. They should not have tried to make it “cute.” The Blockly programming interface has limitiations. The XGO is a lap-size robot dog, marketed as “a metal pet on your ...

The BBC Micro:bit, while not quite as popular in our community as other microcontroller development boards, has a few quirks that can make it a much more interesting piece of hardware to build a ...

As a math teacher, I constantly tell my students that math is everywhere and they will use it daily. It always brings me great joy when something so common as a box of cereal sparks an idea for a ...

There are already Python editors such as Thonny, but the BBC thought those were not good enough and released a new web-based Python editor specifically designed for the micro:bit education board ...

Wappsto:bit GO is an ESP32 board compatible with BBC Micro:bit accessories thanks to a compatible edge connector, but adding WiFi to Bluetooth LE, and offering some extras compared to Elecrow Mbits ...

We’ve been working on a new iteration of the Python editor for the micro:bit. 🐍🎉 ️ We thought it made sense to raise an issue here to signpost it for all the contributors and users of this repo. We ...

The Micro:bit Educational Foundation, which includes the BBC, launched the original micro:bit open source ARM-based embedded system back in 2016 as a way of encouraging children to write software and ...