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micro:bit

WORKSHOP
Begin your micro:bit journey
October 21 2021
Who has a
smartphone?
Overview
(what are we going to do today)

1
What is the Micro:bit? 2
Programming 3
Tutorial
4
Basic exercises 5
Rock Paper Scissors
What is the
Microbit?
What can you do with it?
Pocket-sized computer

Learn coding

Fun and creative


Features
INPUTS OUTPUTS

Lights
Buttons
Motor
Sensors
Sound
Microphones
…
…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkoS2J
XaBuM
If I push the botton..
the lamp goes on
If I push the button.
the light goes on.

..but how do I tell the lamp


to switch on if I press the
button?!??!
If I push the button.
the light goes on.

PROGRAM
A PROGRAM is a sequence of
instructions (ALGORITHM)
that tell the machine
(Micro:bit) what to do …IN
THE LANGUAGE (code) OF
THE MACHINE
Micro:bit program example –
block coding
First tutorial
Go to this website https://makecode.microbit.org/
https://makecode.microbit.org/
https://makecode.microbit.org/
https://makecode.microbit.org/
Connect
https://makecode.microbit.org/
Basic exercises
Show your name
Exercise 1:
Show your name on the Microbit
It will keep scrolling the letters of your name

Use blocks
Forever and show string
Show your name
Exercise 1:
Show your name on the Microbit
It will keep scrolling the letters of your name

Use blocks
Forever and show string

Solution !
Create a lamp
Exercise 3:
Create a lamp
Use button A and B to turn on and off the LEDs

Use blocks
On button pressed A and B
Create a lamp
Exercise 1:
Create a lamp
Use button A and B to turn on and off the LEDs

Use blocks
Use button A and B

Solution !
Turn microbit into a dice
Exercise 3:
Turn microbit into a dice
It will keep scrolling the letters of your name

Use blocks
On Shake,
Show Number
Pick random
Turn microbit into a dice
Exercise 3:
Turn microbit into a dice
It will keep scrolling the letters of your name

Use blocks
On Shake,
Show Number
Pick random

Solution !
Rock Paper Scissors
Let’s make a rock, paper,
scissors game
When you shake the microbit it will display one of
the tree possibilities. Try to play with someone
else!

Use blocks
On shake,
Set variable to,
Pick random,
If,
Show leds
Let’s make a rock, paper,
scissors game
When you shake the microbit it will display one of
the tree possibilities. Try to play with someone
else!

Use blocks
On shake,
Set variable to,
Pick random,
If,
Show leds

Solution !
What have we learned today?

- What is the micro:bit?


- What can we do with it?
- The language of the Micro:bit
- Block programming

—> Creative thinking!


More about micro:bit?

Online simulator
makecode.microbit.org/
microbit.org/projects/
Tomorrow
Digital movement instrument
Thanks !

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