Craft & Code

Coding can be fun any week of the year with Microsoft MakeCode and BBC Micro:bit, added to that when it’s offered by STEMClouds.com.

Craft & Code With MicroBit: Seven(12) 60 – minute sessions, two (2) – week (12 hour).

Explore the science and art of computer programming using the BBC MicroBit, a credit-card sized computer with built-in sensors and wireless communication, and the MakeCode visual programming environment from Microsoft. Students will learn about concepts such as loops, variables, sensors, actuators, conditionals, and Bluetooth radio through a series of fun individual and group projects, such as an electric guitar, a simulation of fireflies, a love meter, magic-8 ball and more. For the final STEMClouds Summer Program intensive, students working in small teams create an original project of their own choosing that has personal or community value. While projects will be determined by students, project work will happen within a structured process that includes using Design Thinking to identify project requirements, development of collaboration skills, daily check-ins and online journaling with peer / instructor / mentor feedback, and a final public exhibition which occurs both in-person and online, becoming part of each student’s digital portfolio.

What students learn?

• Algorithms and the basics of programming.
• Electronic signals and control digital outputs to change LED colors
• The concept of variables and data types
• IF-ELSE statements
• … and a lot of fun, creativity and digital literacy.

What’s Included:

• BBC Micro:bit v 2.0
• AAA Battery Holder
• USB Cable
• Craft Materials