Micro:bit Educational Foundation

👩🏫 Getting prepared for a new term or academic year is always time consuming, particularly if you are teaching a new year group or grade, or teaching new subjects. But did you know that the micro:bit website can help ease the pressure by helping with your planning and professional development needs? Even better - everything is completely free and easy to navigate. Check out our five top tips to prepare for a new term 👌 . #teachers #coding #primaryteachers #elementaryteachers #teacherresources #teacherideas #microbit #microbitChampions #microbitChampion

⚡️IMPORTANT!⚡️ Tech & education leaders agree: In an age of AI, computer science education is more important than ever. 👀 See guidance for CS classrooms: www.teachai.org/cs 💻 Register for the launch webinars on August 14 at www.teachai.org/webinars #TeachAI #CSed #CS4All #CSteachers Code.org Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Computer Science Teachers Association Digital Promise Grok Academy ISTE Educational Testing Service (ETS) Global B.V. World Economic Forum

Head of EMEA partnerships, Aimée Fagan, spent a morning with visiting colleagues from British Council, Ministry of National Education Algeria & Fair Chance Learning. A great opportunity to meet with passionate educators blazing a trail with micro:bit in their classrooms in remote locations of Algeria. Thanks to our microbit Champions Mark Weddell and Chris Lovell who kindly joined us. #microbitChampions #microbitChampion #BritishCouncil #Coding #Computerscience #DigitalSkills #FairChanceLearning

📅 Celebrate World Emoji Day by coding some of our fun emoji make it :code it micro:bit projects! From silly faces 🤪, to beating hearts 💓, there are lots of fun activities you can quickly code - even if you don't have a micro:bit! https://lnkd.in/gZjWGda #teachers #WorldEmojiDay #primaryteachers #codeclub #codecamp #elementaryteachers

⚽️🏃♀️🎾 With a summer of great sport on the horizon, you might feel inspired to get active. The micro:bit is made for you to get moving while computing, and small enough to pop in your kit bag too! If your pupils are inspired to get sporty and active, then make sure you incorporate the micro:bit into your activities too. It is designed to make computing physical, as you can just download the code to your device, unplug it from your laptop, and take it wherever you want. To get you started, here’s 5 ways to mix sport with your micro:bit 🏸 🏊♀️🏏 #teachers #coding #primaryteachers #elementaryteachers #teacherresources #teacherideas #microbit #microbitChampions #microbitChampion

⚽️ The Euros are currently capturing pupils attention this summer, so tap into that interest by getting them to try this micro:bit project. 🦵 The kick strength tracker was featured in the BBC Football Academy and is a fun way to get pupils looking at how tech is used in sport. https://lnkd.in/g6fbtHgF #teachers #coding #EURO2024

📣Teachers! Don’t forget you only have until Wednesday 31 July to submit your data and take part in the BBC and Office for National Statistics nationwide playground survey 📊. ✅ You can complete just one or all seven of the activities with your class. ✅ All activities come with lesson plans and downloadables. ✅ Fun end of term activities! https://lnkd.in/djUG5xir #BBCPlaygroundsurvey #microbit #bbcmicrobit #microbitChampions #primaryteacher #primaryschool The BBC micro:bit the next gen campaign is funded by Nominet and supported by our partners: OKdo, Farnell Electronics, Arm, Lancaster University Microsoft and more.

Head of APAC Waris Candra was thrilled to attend The Nantou County Government's first do your: bit Hackathon with Guangfu Elementary School in Taiwan.  More than 100 Elementary and Junior High schools participated in this event, with 24 finalists competing at the hackathon final. Finalists displayed the props, computers, posters and other elements of their project and personally explained the use of the micro:bit and their creative concepts. Each proposal not only integrated SDGs, but also used technology and aimed to solve problems in the community. A Pinglin Elementary School team won the Presidential Education Award this year. They developed a "smart anti-fall walking cane", which is equipped with a sensor device and a time step alarm buzzer. It can not only track the amount of exercise of the elderly, but also In the event of a fall, the crutch will also send a message to the preset emergency contact person or care unit as a warning. The successful event was also featured on local news: https://lnkd.in/dmxBt8fw showing how popular do your :bit challenges are in combining creativity, problem solving and technology. Huge congratulations to all who took part 👏 👏 👏 👏 #microbit #MicrobitChampions #doyourbit #DoYourBitWithMicrobit #SDGS #GlobalGoals #sustainability #STEMeducation #STEAM #STEM

We joined the National STEM Festival, with EXPLR Media and the U.S. Department of Education, to bring the creativity of the micro:bit to even more people throughout the US. The National STEM Challenge encouraged U.S. students in grades 6-12 to develop a STEM project that tackles a real-world challenge. The top 150 National Champions headed to the National STEM Festival in Washington, D.C., co-presented by the U.S. Department of Education and EXPLR, to showcase their projects to some of the US’s most influential leaders. With support from Jim Egenreider from Virginia Tech and Invent VA, the workshop was facilitated by KID Museum, Liza Manfred and Annalise Phillips and hosted by Mckinley Institute Of Tech, whose students supported educators in the workshop as well as demonstrated their projects at the school. Kari Byron, co-founder of EXPLR Media with Jenny Buccos, and former host of Mythbusters, also attended and helped attendees get hands-on with the micro:bit. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dWMNYb8K #microbit #teachers #elementaryteacher #stemed #stemeducation #steam #stemaeducation #csforall #csteacher

Did you know you can code and use the thermometer on the micro:bit to learn more about temperature 🌡 ? Check out our thermometer / measuring temperature ideas below and add your own in too! #teachers #codeclub #microbitChampions #microbitChampion #BBCmicrobit #PrimarySchool #PrimaryTeacher #ElementaryTeacher