Today our digital leaders continued learning about coding in our ‘Micro:bit Next Level’ workshop.
They learned that a variable is something we create in our program that will store data (information).
To do this they created a step counter - micro:bit program to count and display steps using the accelerometer.
Next, they looked at using variables and conditional statements together. They made a digital dice by using the ‘on shake’ gesture to randomly select a number on the dice. The numbers were displayed using ‘show leds’ block. For this they needed to use a random block of code.
Finally, they explored using the radio function to let two micro:bits talk to each other wirelessly. They wrote code to tell one micro:bit to send a message and the other to receive and understand it - like walkie talkies with computers!
Their task was to create a program that can people when an earthquake is coming - that is if the micro:bit sensed shaking it sent a message to other micro:bits to warn people to stay safe.
They took coding a step further and added a function. A function is like a mini-program inside your big program. We made our alert make a sound.
Wow! This training really was next level and the digital leaders are planning to deliver a teacher workshop before our Christmas holidays.
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