{"id":19853,"date":"2023-11-14T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?p=19853"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:08:43","slug":"microbit-hot-potato-game-workshop-csscotland23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2023\/11\/14\/microbit-hot-potato-game-workshop-csscotland23\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbit Hot Potato Game Workshop &#8211; Follow Up #CSScotland23"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_12\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-2 layout-9\" style=\"background-size: cover;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center\">\n<h3 class=\"builder-text-section-title\">\n        Recap    <\/h3>\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_12-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>Lorna Gibson from the Micro:Bit Education Foundation guided learners through a coding activity to turn you micro:bit into a (virtual!) hot potato!\u00a0 This particular activity looks at using loops and variables to create a timer.\u00a0 The recording of this session didn&#8217;t work very well, so here is an alternative instructional tutorial from Micro:bit.<\/p>\n<p>Next steps and related activities can be found at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_12-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><strong>The Hot Potato Game Demo<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  id=\"_ytid_55696\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" 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C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_71\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center\">\n<h3 class=\"builder-text-section-title\">\n        Video Instruction from Micro:Bit    <\/h3>\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_71-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  id=\"_ytid_31123\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DmxksUjWMUA?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=en&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/DmxksUjWMUA\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Acknowledgements: Videos on this page originally created and hosted at <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/hot-potato-game\/\">Hot potato game | micro:bit (microbit.org)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_71-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><strong>Next Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>can you think of another use for the random timer? For example, you could try to code your micro:bit so that at some point during the school day it alerts you to get active &#8211; eg the message &#8220;Do 10 Star Jumps&#8221; could appear at random.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related Micro:bit Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can explore timer based coding activities with the micro:bit with these tutorials\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/makecode.microbit.org\/#editor\">Musical Countdown Makecode Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The 7 Second Game &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LINr5wa4okg\">Video Demo<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/makecode.microbit.org\/#editor\">Makecode Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you want to go further, why not try to <a href=\"https:\/\/makecode.microbit.org\/projects\/timing-gates\">build and code some timing gates<\/a>!\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-3\" id=\"builder-section-text_71-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recap Lorna Gibson from the Micro:Bit Education Foundation guided learners through a coding activity to turn you micro:bit into a (virtual!) hot potato!\u00a0 This particular activity looks at using loops and variables to create a timer.\u00a0 The recording of this session didn&#8217;t work very well, so here is an alternative instructional tutorial from Micro:bit. 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