{"id":327,"date":"2025-02-19T09:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/?p=327"},"modified":"2025-02-19T07:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:24:48","slug":"exploring-microbit-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/2025\/02\/19\/exploring-microbit-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Micro:bit technology."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our Man vs Robot topic, we are engaging with different types of technologies and investigating what they are capable of and how humans can use these to enhance their day-to-day lives. Micro:bits are programmable, pocket-size computers that introduce the children to how software and hardware interact. They children were fascinated by these and quickly grasped how to create simple commands. Miss Lamb and the school digital leaders were there to help support our first experience with Micro:bits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-328\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19070947\/101_2824-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19070947\/101_2824-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19070947\/101_2824-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19070947\/101_2824-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19070947\/101_2824.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-329\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071232\/101_2828-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071232\/101_2828-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071232\/101_2828-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071232\/101_2828-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071232\/101_2828.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-331\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071447\/101_2834-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071447\/101_2834-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071447\/101_2834-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071447\/101_2834-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071447\/101_2834.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072151\/101_2836-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072151\/101_2836-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072151\/101_2836-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072151\/101_2836-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072151\/101_2836.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-333\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19071610\/101_2817-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" 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src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072402\/101_2845-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072402\/101_2845-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072402\/101_2845-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072402\/101_2845-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp3b202425\/uploads\/sites\/18671\/2025\/02\/19072402\/101_2845.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our Man vs Robot topic, we are engaging with different types of technologies and investigating what they are capable of and how humans can use these to enhance their day-to-day lives. Micro:bits are programmable, pocket-size computers that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/2025\/02\/19\/exploring-microbit-technology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19516,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19516"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp3b202425\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}