{"id":11843,"date":"2022-09-22T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=11843"},"modified":"2022-10-01T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T09:03:57","slug":"microbits-live-code-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=11843","title":{"rendered":"Microbits Live Code Along"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live Code Along \u2013 Create an Emotions Badge using Microbits<\/p>\n

We joined over 1000 pupils from schools across Scotland in a live event today as part of the Scottish Learning Festival and STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths).<\/p>\n

A Microbit is a small computer that fits into the palm of your hand. It has lots of inputs and outputs to allow it to be programmed.<\/p>\n

We discussed what is meant by the term abstraction, namely looking at things as a whole rather than as part of the individual details. \u00a0We used abstraction to draw emotions on a facial expression e.g. our hair or ears don\u2019t change when we show an emotional facial expression but our lips and eyes will; just like emoji faces.\u00a0 They only show the important bits to focus on.<\/p>\n

We created programmes using inputs and basic blocks to design our own L.E.D. emoji faces.<\/p>\n

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We downloaded our code onto our microbits devices by clicking and dragging it to our device icon on the computer.\u00a0 We were then able to toggle buttons A & B to change the LED patterns to display two emotion \u2018emojis \u2018.\u00a0 We were able to do this both on our device and our simulator on the website.<\/p>\n