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, ...
Electronic Specifier

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 ...
Geeky Gadgets

BBC micro:bit Board Now Available From Adafruit For $15

Adafruit has announced the availability and arrival of the BBC micro:bit development board to their online store, which is now available to purchase for $14.95. The micro:bit hardware is based on the ...
Geeky Gadgets

Pimoroni noise:bit For Micro:bit Arrives At Adafruit

Makers and electronic enthusiasts may be interested to know that Adafruit has this week announced the arrival of the awesome Pimoroni noise:bit designed for the BBC micro:bit mini PC. Simply slide the ...
Hackaday

Micro:bit Put On Plant Minding Duty

The BBC has a long history of supporting technology education in schools. The BBC Micro introduced a whole generation of students to computers, and more recently the Micro:bit is teaching today’s ...
BBC

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 ...
BBC

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 ...
MediaPost

Non-Profit Group Takes Over BBC's Micro Bit Project

The Micro Bit mini-computer is to be sold across the world and enthusiasts are to be offered blueprints showing how to build their own versions. The announcements were made by a new non-profit ...
Tech Digest

Kitronik’s :GAME ZIP 64 allows gamers to code retro games like Snake and Pong!

The next generation of teenagers will be able to enjoy the classic computer games of Pong and Snake thanks to a new gaming device produced by Kitronik. Kitronik has launched the all in one gaming ...
New Scientist

How you can help micro:bit inspire more young inventors

EVERY child has an inner inventor. I remember when I was a kid, getting excited over all the little build-your-own kits I was able to get my hands on. Technology opens up possibilities and can help us ...
Hackaday

Microgamer Is A Micro:Bit Handheld Console

The BBC micro:bit single board ARM computer aimed at education does not feature as often as many of its competitors in these pages. It’s not the cheapest of boards, and interfacing to it in all but ...