Using Micro-Bits – Algorithms

Computational thinking is used in most ICT lessons. One of the ways in which this is built into the scheme of work is by using microbits.

Students access a coding platform, then use code ‘bricks’ to give a microbit a set of instructions to complete.

In the above example the micro bit has been programmed to dispay a ‘tick’ and a ‘heart’.Depending on the input the user makes (when ‘A’ is pushed on the micro-bit a tick will be displayed; but when the user ‘shakes’ the micro-bit,a heart will be displayed).

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Microbits boost engagement in lessons allowing students to experiment with a range of different algorithms and giving them the independence to create a variety of things.