Microbit Trainer Training

Visual Programming with Micro:bit, Tinkercademy, 7 Sept 2018

• Slides: http://tinyurl.com/ntuc2018

• Use Google Chrome for this: https://makecode.microbit.org/
• This is called Block programming. You need to "snap" the part in (if audio is on, it will make a snap sound).
• You can also use the javascript if you want to code directly.
• Start with Forever block and plug in different blocks, such as Show Number, Show LED.
• Then try using the buttons..

• Keep the forever block
• Good practice is to load something into on start so that you know if it is working and not a hardware issue.

Let's use the LEDs! Default values, or manually plotting X & Y Axis

X Axis

Y Axis

Inputs

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Create variables

Simple Counter

Something is missing here. ask the class to figure out how to "show" the number.

Randomiser

Conditionals

Make a scissors paper stone. Make micro:bit choose scissors, paper, or stone when shaken.

• Hints: create one variable called "number"
• Pick a random number from 0-2 so we have 3 numbers (0, 1, 2)
• And use the If else statements