[Edu-sig] [PSF-Members] BBC MicroBit

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

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Hi Luciano,

That'd probably be me and Michael (cc'd) in the first instance. I'm
acting as PSF person on the ground interacting with the BBC. Michael
was/is involved in writing the Python compiler and other technical
aspects of the device.

I will certainly pass on your questions to the people I know at the
BBC and cc you in so we both get their reply.

Best wishes,

Nicholas.

On 12/03/15 17:32, Luciano Ramalho wrote:
> Hi, Nicholas, thanks for sharing such exciting news!
> 
> I am a teacher and leader of the Pingo project [1], a
> multi-platform Python API that provides uniform access to GPIO pins
> in Raspberry Pi, Intel Galileo, pcDuino, UDOO and similar SBCs.
> 
> [1] http://www.pingo.io/docs/
> 
> I and the Pingo team would love to be involved in helping Python 
> thrive on the MicroBit. Who should we contact to learn about
> Python support in the MicroBit and to get our hands on a MicroBit
> board?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Luciano -- author of Fluent Python (O'Reilly, 2014) 
> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032519.do
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Nicholas H.Tollervey
> <ntoll at ntoll.org> wrote: Hi,
> 
> Today the BBC announced the MicroBit (part designed by PSF fellow 
> Michael Sparks) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31834927.
> 
> About 1 million of these small programmable devices will be given
> away to 11-12 year olds starting their secondary education at the
> start of the UK's next academic year in September.
> 
> Python is one of the three languages that work with the device.
> 
> The PSF is involved in helping to generate community sourced
> Python resources for the project and we hope the MicroBit will be a
> big part of PyconUK's education track (taking place at the end of
> September).
> 
> In addition to the BBC article above, the Guardian gives a good 
> summary and mentions the PSF here:
> 
> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/12/bbc-micro-bit-raspberry-pi
>
>  I have an alpha-version of the device sitting on my desk and my 
> impression is that kids will have a *lot* of fun. Think Pythonic 
> blinkenlights, buttons, bluetooth and IO.
> 
> Yay!
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Nicholas.
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