Micro:Bit

Digital Technologies

Digital Technologies provides students with practical opportunities to use design thinking and to be innovative developers of digital solutions and knowledge. The subject helps students to become innovative creators of digital solutions, effective users of digital systems and critical consumers of information conveyed by digital systems. ACARA Digital Technologies rationale


QSITE PD

WHEN: Saturday 15th May 2021 Rockhampton

BEGINNERS PROGRAM 8:30am

Block Coding a Micro:Bit

1. Basics: What is a micro:Bit?

2. Makecode.org: The interface/emulator

3. "Hello world" using Blocks: On Start / Forever

4. INPUTS AND OUTPUTS:

Buttons and on-board sensors

5. Counter

6. Pair Device: Testing hardware (updating os)

7. Classroom management:

Class NoteBook

Micro:Bit Classroom

Teams Assignment

8. Counter Challenge

9. Dice

10. Torch

11. Tilt

12. Human Touch

13. Levelling up: RADIO

Mood Swing

Animal Tracker

Proximity Beacon

14. Levelling up: DATA COLLECTION

Data Logger

15. Do your Bit Challenge: Design, build and evaluate a digital solution to a big problem.

16. Judging and Conclusion

ADVANCED PROGRAM 1pm

Coding with Python MU

MICROPYTHON and MICROBITS

  1. Bit:Bot Robotics

Forward/Reverse

Pixels

Line Follower

Controller

  1. Data Collection with Sensors: eg EnviroBit

  2. Build Challenge

  3. Judging

GAME CODING WITH PYGAME

  1. Alien Game

  2. Gem Catcher

  3. StarShip Stephens

  4. Build your own game

  5. Judging


CONTACT TIM

timstephens@terrace.qld.edu.au