{"id":662,"date":"2025-06-02T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2025-06-29T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:39:05","slug":"introduction-to-the-bbc-microbit-%f0%9f%91%be","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/professional-learning-%f0%9f%a7%a0\/anytime-learning-%e2%8f%b0\/introduction-to-the-bbc-microbit-%f0%9f%91%be\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC micro:bit \ud83d\udc7e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC micro:bit is an award-winning programmable device that allows students to get hands-on with coding and digital making. Use it to inspire your learners to recognise the power of technology in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>Schools across Scotland received 50 micro:bits over the course of 2021\/22 (twenty) and 2022\/23 (another thirty) as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/news\/2023-05-15\/bbc-microbit-the-next-gen-groundbreaking-initiative-announced\/\">national rollout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\ud83d\udca1 Anytime CLPL:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The video below gives a introductory walk-through on how to get started with using the BBC micro:bit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An introduction to the BBC microbit 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kcmGu8500SE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>\ud83d\udd3b\u00a0<strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u2u7UJSRuko\">Quick Introductory Video<\/a> &#8211; A 2 minute video you can watch with learners to introduce the micro:bit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/\">Projects for the micro:bit<\/a> &#8211; Coding projects from microbit.org.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/featured\/\">Units of Work for the micro:bit<\/a> &#8211; Units of lessons covering various topics using the micro:bit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/classroom-resources\/\">Classroom Resources<\/a> &#8211; Printable resources to support learning and teaching using the micro:bit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/professional-development\/\">Professional Development<\/a> &#8211; CLPL from the micro:bit education foundation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/events\/\">Free Webinars, Code-alongs and Other Events<\/a> &#8211; Events you can join with your learners.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/teaching-tools\/\">micro:bit classroom<\/a> &#8211; A resource to support learning and teaching for whole-class use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC micro:bit is an award-winning programmable device that allows students to get hands-on with coding and digital making. Use it to inspire your learners to recognise the power of technology in the real world. Schools across Scotland received 50 micro:bits over the course of 2021\/22 (twenty) and 2022\/23 (another thirty) as part of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7945,"featured_media":0,"parent":498,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-anytime-learning","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7945"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1030,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions\/1030"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/stemeastdun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}