Here is a summary page with Micro:Bit; Crumble; Raspberry Pi and more general links relating to the wonderful world of Physical Computing: http://www.flickernet.net/new
This 30 second video clip shows the three step process that we undertook with both St Mary's and SoS pupils this week. Having drawn their game-book characters and shaded with crayon: 1. Stop motion animation; 2. Photoshop cutout; then 3. Adobe Character Animator - at which point they are sprites that can be included into any Unity game creation - in this case fitting…
http://www.flickernet.net/microbit Hardly a day passes without a new Micro:Bit accessory becoming available. With Version 2 Micro:Bits having a bit more about them (!) and Primary Schools now having the offer of 30 free - it is a great time to explore the extra functionality that these offer. As a quick guide for ARC, I have put a page together that lists some of the…
http://www.flickernet.net/crumble Enjoying exploring Crumble equipment at Bridlewood Primary and with the ARC. Have built Marge to demonstrate the ultra-sonics in action. Credit to @philwickins for inspiring the concept. Have put together a page with Crumble links that might be helpful.
Huge thanks to Brea, Paddy and Laura for a great gathering at the Cyber Business Centre in Chippenham yesterday. It was great to see this amazing facility filled with students and industry representatives along with a wide range of career guidance specialists. There was a buzz throughout - that even the built-in Faraday cage and sound muffling technology couldn't dampen! https://swlep.co.uk/programmes-swlep/business-cyber-centre http://www.flickernet.net/swlep My thanks…
Not an attempt to avoid sweating tomorrow, but rather attempting to meet a challenge set by Paddy Bradley of SWLEP ahead of my presentation at the ICE event tomorrow.. Could Zjeremy show in his live data feed a distinct difference between the current pristine tree particulate reading and the polluted air around him. No better way to pollute that air than Lynx Inca, methought…
Thanks to David, Judy, Barbara, Kaye and Kimberly for joining me and Keith this morning for a Starbucks-fuelled brainstorming session!The graphical look and feel of the book is now taking shape: think sepia -tinted, line-drawn paper edged animations that we hope will capture the imaginations of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 pupils.With such a wide range of contributions so far, and many…