Microsoft touch develop and the BBC micro:bit

Ball, T. and Protzenko, J. and Bishop, J. and Moskal, M. and De Halleux, J. and Braun, M. and Hodges, S. and Riley, Clare (2016) Microsoft touch develop and the BBC micro:bit. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

The chance to influence the lives of a million children does not come often. Through a partnership between the BBC and several technology companies, a small instructional computing device called the BBC micro:bit will be given to a million children in the UK in 2016. Moreover, using the micro:bit will be part of the CS curriculum. We describe how Microsoft's Touch Develop programming platform works with the BBC micro:bit. We describe the design and architecture of the micro:bit and the software engineering hurdles that had to be overcome to ensure it was as accessible as possible to children and teachers. The combined hardware/software platform is evaluated and early anecdotal evidence is presented. A video about the micro:bit is available at http://aka.ms/bbcmicrobit. © 2016 ACM.

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Contribution to Conference (Paper)
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?? softwareinstructional computingmicrosofttechnology companiessoftware engineering ??
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222427
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Deposited On:
22 Jul 2024 13:35
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Published
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