[Microbit-Python] micro:bit Starter Course from Grok Learning

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

This is stonkingly good work! Can't wait to see what people make of it.
It's also a healthy sign that MicroPython on the micro:bit is
flourishing if non-officially BBC groups and organisations are creating
things outside the BBC partnership fold.

Many congratulations to the Grok team.

:-)

N.

On 01/09/16 13:02, Jim Mussared via Microbit wrote:
> hi micro:bit enthusiasts!
> 
> As I mentioned recently on this list, Grok Learning have been working
> on a micro:bit MicroPython course targeted at Grade 7 students.
> 
> We're excited to announce that the starter version of this course,
> including the simulator, is now available for free on our website --
> http://grok.gl/microbit-starter
> 
> This course is the first week of what will become the micro:bit stream
> of the Grok Code Quest, starting October 31 --
> http://grok.gl/codequest-microbit
> 
> Please feel free to share the course with anyone you know who might be
> interested - whether they're developers, teachers or enthusiasts.
> 
> Our goal is also to teach real programming concepts, instead of just a
> walkthrough style series of instructions, so students will be equipped
> with the skills to create their own programs. We also include a series
> of problems/challenges for the students to implement using the
> simulated micro:bit, with an automated marker to verify the solutions.
> 
> We've got a lot more planned for the full course, including all of the
> onboard sensors, plus a bunch of external components right up to a
> simulator of the Kitronik line-following buggy. You can see some of
> this in action starting at 17:15 in this video from PyCon Australia --
> https://youtu.be/oCEZyJqkMrE?t=17m15s
> 
> We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!
> 
> Jim Mussared
> Grok Learning
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