MicroBit-Quick-Start-Teacher-Guide

PREVIEWContentsIntroduction – the Make It Digital initiative 02The BBC micro:bit 04The BBC micro:bit website 06Getting started with the TouchDevelop editor 08Uploading programs to the BBC micro:bit 10Coding building blocks 11Challenges and solutions 12Creating your own tutorials 28BBC micro:bit challenges and the curriculum 32AcknowledgementsWritten by: Miles Berry and Ray ChambersAdditional material written by: Ross LoweConsultants: Roger DaviesProject managed and developed by: Becca LawCover and text design: me&him DesignTypeset in GT Walsheim Regular, Bold and Helvetica TT Regular,Oblique, Bold by me&him Design.A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.ISBN: 978-1-471-86382-0Printed in the UK byAshford Colour Press LtdAcknowledgementsThank you to the following people who contributed their ideasand support: Steve Connolly and Debbie Smith, Hodder Education;Ray Chambers, Uppingham Community College; Miles Berry,University of Roehampton; Roger Davies, Queen ElizabethSchool; Clare Riley, Jeannette Wing, Thomas Ball, Peli de Halleux,Michal Moskal, Eric Anderson, Jonathan Protzenko, Steve Hodges,Deirdre Quarnstrom, Vardhani Mellacheruvu, Lori Ada Kilty, DarrenGehring and Judith Bishop from Microsoft and the BBC team.This content is licenced underAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeCC BY-NC-SAThis license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon yourwork non-commercially, as long as they credit you andlicense their new creations under the identical terms.See - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Although every effort has been made to ensure that websiteaddresses are correct at time of going to press, Microsoftcannot be held responsible for the content of any websitementioned. It is sometimes possible to find a relocated webpage by typing in the address of the home page for a websitein the URL window of your browser.The contents of this Preview copy are as accurate as possibleat the time of printing. Updates and changes will be madeprior to release of the final edition.