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

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Hmm, don't want throw cold water on that, but reading
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927
looks like they already include something called Touch Develop,
developed by .... Microsoft!
Anyway, times changed (just a little) and is open source, and is in github
https://github.com/Microsoft/TouchDevelop
https://www.touchdevelop.com/

They have a nice demo site here https://www.touchdevelop.com/app/
but I couldn't understand how to program with the interface they propose.
May be I am just too old :/
Anyway there are interesting ideas, like the multiple representation of the
code.

Gonzalo

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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