<div dir="ltr">Hmm, don't want throw cold water on that, but reading <div><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927">http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927</a><br></div><div>looks like they already include something called Touch Develop,</div><div>developed by .... Microsoft!</div><div>Anyway, times changed (just a little) and is open source, and is in github</div><div><a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/TouchDevelop">https://github.com/Microsoft/TouchDevelop</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.touchdevelop.com/">https://www.touchdevelop.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>They have a nice demo site here <a href="https://www.touchdevelop.com/app/">https://www.touchdevelop.com/app/</a></div><div>but I couldn't understand how to program with the interface they propose.</div><div>May be I am just too old :/</div><div>Anyway there are interesting ideas, like the multiple representation of the code.</div><div><br></div><div>Gonzalo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Sounds like a job for Turtle Blocks :)<br>
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-walter<br>
<br>
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Sean DALY <<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com">sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit</a><br>
><br>
> article, with video:<br>
> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927</a><br>
><br>
> "The Micro Bit will be a small, wearable device with an LED display that<br>
> children can programme in a number of ways. It will be a standalone,<br>
> entry-level coding device that allows children to pick it up, plug it into a<br>
> computer and start creating with it immediately."<br>
><br>
> (Standalone, except for the part where it requires a host computer... which<br>
> b ythe way could be a Raspberry Pi)<br>
><br>
> Product partners/champions include Microsoft and the Python Software<br>
> Foundation.<br>
><br>
> The BBC will supply massive audiovisual educational content.<br>
><br>
> They "anticipate working with a wider network of informal partners to<br>
> magnify the educational impact of the project."<br>
><br>
> Deployment starts this September and when the 1,000,000th is distributed,<br>
> production will be halted.<br>
><br>
> Sean.<br>
><br>
><br>
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