Category Archives: education

micro:bit Morse code transmitter

Posted on May 30, 2016 by blogmywiki

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

Posted on May 29, 2016 by blogmywiki

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!

Posted on May 14, 2016 by blogmywiki

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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Coding as a way of understanding the Monty Hall problem

Posted on April 24, 2016 by blogmywiki

The other night a maths teacher and I were sharing a few cold drinks and we fell to discussing the Monty Hall Problem. Now, you may have heard of the Monty Hall Problem even if you don’t know it by … Continue reading →

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Teaching Sonic Pi

Posted on March 1, 2016 by blogmywiki

I’ve been teaching my first ever lessons with Sonic Pi this week. Sonic Pi blurs the distinction between learning / teaching coding and music. I’ve been wanting to do this since I had my world turned slightly upside down by … Continue reading →

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