1. The BBC micro:bit
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James Devine, Steve Hodges, Jonny Austin, Thomas Ball, Peli de Halleux, Joe Finney, Michal Moskal, Howard Baker, and Gareth Stockdale
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General Computer Science ,business.industry ,Computer science ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,020207 software engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Core (game theory) ,Bit (horse) ,Credit card ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Telecommunications ,business ,0503 education ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
The micro:bit is a small programmable and embeddable computer designed, developed, and deployed by the BBC and 29 project partners to approximately 800,000 UK Year 7 (11/12 year old) school children in 2015-2016. The micro:bit has been described by the BBC as "its most ambitious education initiative in 30 years, with an ambition to inspire digital creativity and develop a new generation of tech pioneers". This article describes the design of the BBC micro:bit, the realization of its goals through examples of the diverse projects crested with the micro:bit, reviews the project's history as it transitioned from a UK-centric to a worldwide project, and concludes with lessons learned and project outcomes.
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- 2020
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