The Microsoft MakeCode platform is a free online blocks-based programming tool that's used to write the code that tells the micro:bit hardware what you want it to do. It’s very easy to use and allows ...

SINGAPORE - Singapore will be putting a pocket-sized, codeable computer in the palms of up to 100,000 school-going children and adults to instill passion for technology to better prepare for a digital ...

It has taken a long time for the BBC micro:bit to finally reach students in the UK. The device was first announced in 2015, but it has gone through a series of delays that kept pushing its release ...

The micro:bit was conceived as a device to get children interested in computers, emulating the excitement around early PCs like the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum in the 1980s. With the micro:bit, the BBC ...

The Micro:bit Educational Foundation, the organisation behind the pocket-sized BBC micro:bit computer, is set to donate 57,000 coding devices to UK primary schools In partnership with Nominet and the ...

Recently at BBC Research & Development, we got our hands on the new BBC micro:bit v2, a pocket-sized computer first launched in 2015 to help teach computer science. The first generation of this device ...

Welcome to the world of the micro:bit! You’ve probably already heard about the micro:bit on CBBC or at school, but what is it? The micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer with an LED screen, built-in ...

The Micro:bit educational foundation is donating the devices alongside partners Nominet and the Scottish government in a bid to boost coding skills amongst primary school students. Not-for-profit ...