Monthly Archives: May 2016

micro:bit Morse code transmitter

Here’s a pretty simple, and I think fun, way to introduce some quite sophisticated computing concepts with a few lines of Python, 2 BBC micro:bits and a crocodile clip lead or two (as you’d find in a Makey Makey box). … Continue reading

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UPDATED roundup of Python micro:bit resources

Here’s a summary of my Python resources and projects for the BBC micro:bit which you may find useful… you’ll need the Mu editor to flash some of these, especially the ones that use the radio module. Connect a thermal till … Continue reading

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Happy Scratch Day!

UPDATED for 2017! To mark Scratch Day, here are some teaching resources I made – mostly, but not all, to do with ICT / Computing: Binary Numbers Quiz – binary to denary Binary Numbers Quiz – denary to binary Hexadecimal … Continue reading

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