Everything you need to know about the BBC micro:bit

We offered a free classroom set of 30 micro:bits to primary schools across the UK as part of our BBC micro:bit - the next gen ...

Coding made easy with a micro:bit and the MakeCode platform

Find out more about the Microsoft MakeCode platform and the micro:bit, plus how you can access free coding training and ...
Hackaday

Micro:bit Put On Plant Minding Duty

The BBC has a long history of supporting technology education in schools. The BBC Micro introduced a whole generation of students to computers, and more recently the Micro:bit is teaching today’s ...
BBC

Two million BBC micro:bits distributed globally

To celebrate its second birthday, the Micro:bit Educational Foundation has today announced the manufacture and distribution of the two millionth BBC micro:bit. This is a fantastic milestone, but it is ...
Ars Technica

BBC Micro:bit—a free single-board PC for every Year 7 kid in the UK

Interesting, and a laudable goal, but a huge challenge to make this attractive. For me, am I'm sure countless others, the "path in" to geekery and technology was seeing what these early "home/hobby" ...
Geeky Gadgets

Bit Board combines Micro:Bit programming and LEGO

Bit Board is a unique piece of hardware which allows you to combine programming using the BBC created Micro:Bit mini PC together with LEGO construction kits and blocks. Providing an easy way to add ...
Electronic Design

Now Eyeing Global Adoption, micro:bit Wants to Turn All Kids into Inventors

Cultivating young innovators in the technology industry is of top importance for Zach Shelby, CEO of micro:bit Educational Foundation. “Every child will be an inventor,” he says. “Technology is ...