[IAEP] [Marketing] BBC launches flagship UK-wide initiative to inspire a new generation with digital technology

[Walter Bender]

Sounds like a job for Turtle Blocks :)

-walter

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit
>
> article, with video:
> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927
>
> "The Micro Bit will be a small, wearable device with an LED display that
> children can programme in a number of ways. It will be a standalone,
> entry-level coding device that allows children to pick it up, plug it into a
> computer and start creating with it immediately."
>
> (Standalone, except for the part where it requires a host computer... which
> b ythe way could be a Raspberry Pi)
>
> Product partners/champions include Microsoft and the Python Software
> Foundation.
>
> The BBC will supply massive audiovisual educational content.
>
> They "anticipate working with a wider network of informal partners to
> magnify the educational impact of the project."
>
> Deployment starts this September and when the 1,000,000th is distributed,
> production will be halted.
>
> Sean.
>
>
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