The Microsoft MakeCode platform is a free online blocks-based programming tool that's used to write the code that tells the micro:bit hardware what you want it to do. It’s very easy to use and allows ...

Recently at BBC Research & Development, we got our hands on the new BBC micro:bit v2, a pocket-sized computer first launched in 2015 to help teach computer science. The first generation of this device ...

A complete, ready-to-teach Term 1 unit for Year 7 Computing, adapted from the NCCE KS2 to KS3 Transition Project and built entirely around the free MakeCode online simulator, so no physical micro:bit ...