<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">It's one of the best learning tools out there that combines computer science, engineering and creativity at a very affordable price. There are teachers in Santa Fe and Española that are starting to use them in their classes. Having input and support from a community of professionals that affirms their use would be great. Hopefully there will be some kid microbit projects at the SFPS Innovation Expo on Feb. 13th.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">If you can think of ways to support the teachers and students to use these microbits, let me know. I think it would be helpful for them to have people in the community that can help them get beyond some of the tutorials and into some more sophisticated applications. Workshops? Meetups? Expos?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Paige<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:28 AM Angel Edward <<a href="mailto:edward.angel@gmail.com">edward.angel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">I wasn’t there last Friday. I have six microbits and 5 microbit robot cars. I’ve programmed them all from the microbit makecode website using block coding. Easy and fun.<div><br></div><div>Ed<br><div>
<div>__________<br><br>Ed Angel<br><br>Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)<br>Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico<br><br>1017 Sierra Pinon<br>Santa Fe, NM 87501<br>505-984-0136 (home)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:edward.angel@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.angel@gmail.com</a><br>505-453-4944 (cell) <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel" target="_blank">http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel</a><br></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 9, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Owen Densmore <<a href="mailto:owen@backspaces.net" target="_blank">owen@backspaces.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is the tiny, but feature packed, chip we discussed at Saveur last week: <a href="https://microbit.org/guide/features/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://microbit.org/guide/features/</a>. Great learning tool.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">It is surprisingly capable .. it can "chat" to other microbits .. let them "swarm". It is programmable with "blocks", python, javascript.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">25 individually-programmable LEDs<br>2 programmable buttons<br>Physical connection pins<br>Light and temperature sensors<br>Motion sensors (accelerometer and compass)<br>Wireless Communication, via Radio and Bluetooth<br>USB interface</blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">You use a browser based simulator to write programs, loading them to the microbit via usb cable. A $20 starter package has the microbit, a usb cable, and a battery pack for using the microbit disconnected from your computer.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/micro-bit-BBC2546862-Micro-go/dp/B01G8X7VM2/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/micro-bit-BBC2546862-Micro-go/dp/B01G8X7VM2/</a></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> -- Owen</div></div>
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