Micro:bit Educational Foundation
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🧑🏫Transforming the way we teach technology to children one micro:bit at a time. 👉Follow for chat about transforming the way we teach technology. #microbit
London, England
Joined August 2016
✨ #TuesdayTips ✨.Want smoother micro:bit lessons & more confident learners?.This week we’re looking at how to set up for success before your lesson even begins 👇
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🔑 The more prepared you are, the smoother your lessons will run — and the more confident your students will feel. 💬 Now over to you: what’s YOUR top tip for getting micro:bit lessons off to a flying start? Share it in the comments ⬇️.#microbit #STEMeducation #TeachingTips.
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📺 Demo on the big screen – think about how everyone will learn. Project the editor to model key coding concepts to the whole class.
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🔍 Test your tools. Check you can access MakeCode/Classroom in advance & bookmark your lesson resources.
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📦 Organise your kit. Number your micro:bits & keep cables + batteries together in packs = less time wasted. 🔋 Always have spares. A backup micro:bit, cable, or battery pack can save the day when things don’t go to plan.
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👥 Plan how you’ll run the session. 1:1, pairs, or groups? Not every student needs their own micro:bit!
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👩💻 Explore the micro:bit yourself first. Our free guides, videos & lesson plans are the perfect way to boost confidence:
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Katie Henry joined the @scratch Foundation’s Jacy Edelman to wrap up a day of creativity at #ScratchConference 🎉. Highlights included micro:bit projects from Dhira-Mae at Grace and Staff Foundation + an inspiring workshop led by Champions @RudyChem & @TeacherCoats 💚. #microbit
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💚 Great to see the BBC micro:bit – The Next Gen project in @Nominet's Impact Issue 2025!. 🚀 600k+ micro:bits delivered to UK primary schools — 30 per school, plus resources & teacher training 👩🏫. 🏆 Winner: Not-For-Profit Digital Project of the Year in the @DigitalRevAward 🎉
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🆓 Free teacher resource!.Help students explore all the features of the micro:bit with our handy annotated poster — plus a tactile version for blind/visually impaired learners. 📥 Download: #microbit #STEMeducation #teacherresources
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💡 Inspiring creativity at #OsakaExpo2025!.Head of partnerships Asia, @wariscandra joined micro:bit Champion Mr Kawanami & students from @osaka_shoin_jhs & @osaka_shoin_hs to showcase amazing micro:bit-powered projects — inspiring thousands to imagine, create & code. 💚
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🏴☠️Check out this Aaarrr-some pirate treasure chest activity using micro:bits - would make a great code club or design technology lesson 🪙!.
This pirate’s treasure isn’t buried - it’s coded. Watch how to build a cardboard treasure chest and bring it to life with a micro:bit! Physical computing makes imagination tangible with cardboard, circuits, and code. Skills like these map straight to the real world! @microbit_edu
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RT @CSTAGreaterHou: “Can we make it blink faster?” ← That’s how it starts. Then they’re coding timers, games, and wearables. Don’t sleep on….
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🌍 Last month we joined the @TeachFirst's ‘AI in Education’ Summit, sponsored by @DeloitteUK . 🎤 Inspiring keynote from Prof. Rose Luckin + lively panels on the future of AI in schools. 🤖 Our own Giles Booth & Aimée Fagan led a hands-on workshop using micro:bit CreateAI,
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RT @TsuiAllen: Thank you @microbit_edu for ❤️ my physical computing with your amazing product posts. Here's how I model and expect 10 year….
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RT @narongporn: The students from Protpittayapayat School (Thailand) built a water quality buoy. 3 sensors are connected to a micro:bit to….
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RT @narongporn: This group of students from Makudmuang Rajchawitthayalai School (Thailand) built a fertilizer mixer, using a micro:bit to c….
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RT @narongporn: "Smart Maternity", a micro:bit project developed by students from Suksanaree School (Thailand), utilizes an ultrasonic sens….
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