Also if you know anyone with V1s sitting idle you can encourage them to update the firmware for web USB support and then checkout the teaching resources (microbit.org/teach) to help them get started - we still see lots of great V1 usage and it’s still supported! microbit.org/get-started/...

Sadly not zero (yet!), but check out some of the usage stats & teacher confidence numbers from rollouts/programmes: 90% or more teachers said they were confident or very confident to use their learning and the materials provided with their students. (Consolidated research from several projects)

Hello! I am Jonny and I try to learn stuff and make things that other people can use to make things and learn stuff. Recently: micro:bit, past: MakeSpace Cambridge. Love creative tech and problem solving. Have a physical keyboard on my phone. I “skipped” Twitter/X so I’m a social media newbie.

Ah, shame - I am here for edu track day only but I’ll give you a shout if I end up in the “conference fringes” on Monday.

@carlosperate.bsky.social just joined and would make a great addition!

That sounds excellent, we'd be really eager to learn about whether there are ways the product could change to help with this too. I'll DM you so we can have a chat :)

The 'images' section in 'advanced' has a neat `show image` block.
#MakeCode has a built-in 400ms delay in `basic➡️show leds` and `show icon`, but it's configurable with `images➡️show image`. Plus images can be in arrays... enough to make your heart beat faster.
#microbit #faveblocks #TeamCompSci

This week, a more playful one for the #microbit #faveblocks: I love the "free fall" gesture (click on 'shake' dropdown). This micro:bit is deploying an umbrella as a parachute when it is falling ☂️🪂. (Under the hood this just checks the magnitude of acceleration is below a threshold.) #TeamCompSci

Don't suppose you're able to make the files for this lovely #microbit case available? I'm sure there are plenty of folks out there who would like to print a few for themselves #TeamCompSci

My family stumbled across this activity on a recent visit and absolutely loved it. Awesome to hear the micro:bit sounds put to playful use! Thanks for sharing the amazing detail behind it.

This week, `map`: Great for scaling physical input into the right ranges for micro:bit output - here's a super simple spirit level. Ideal if the maths/scaling part might be a distraction from the lesson and you want to focus more on the making or the output. #microbit #faveblocks.