22/03/2016 Newsround


22/03/2016

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It's a microbit, and one million of you across the country

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are being given one for free by the BBC.

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Martin's been finding out more about these

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You can programme them to do what ever you want.

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You can put your name in it, a smiley face, what ever you want.

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These codeable computers include built in compasses and blue tooth

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You can connect it to other places and even telephones,

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robots, tablets and more, to get them doing all

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This is a microbit connected to a ping-pong bat and it tells

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you how many keep ups you can do with the ping-pong ball.

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Every time I take a step on that foot it adds another one onto it

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The microbit aims to be a fun and practical way to inspire

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you to get active and develop your skills in science,

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Maybe could even lead the way to a job in digital in the future.

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Joining me are Katie and her teacher, Peter. My microbits has my

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name across the front of it. How did you do it? First, you need a forever

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block. What is that? It runs of the code forever. Otherwise it would

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just say your name once and then stop. Then you want to write

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something, so you need a show string block and type in what you want to

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write. Which is Haley. Yes. Then press run. Amazing! And there it is,

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on the computer screen, and also on my badge. Brilliant! Peter, what

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else can you do with these microbits? The really cool thing

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about the microbit is that you can create objects that would have been

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in the physical world, you can turn it into music or a burglar alarm,

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and we have an example of something else you can do with it, we have a

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plant that is in desperate need of watering, and we know that because

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the microbits has a sad face him of because it is connected to the water

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sensor and it is reading the water sensor and knows that the plan needs

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watering so it is showing a sad face. If we water it, we get a

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smiley face. That is amazing! It really has a relation to things he

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can see and do. How is this technology useful for kids to learn

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about? The great thing about this is, all of the sensors and

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components of the computer are exposed and you can see everything

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going on, unlike your phone or your tablets, so it really allows the

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young people to see what is there and be able to code something that

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is of use to the environment, and maybe will inspire people like Katie

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to become programmers in the future and help build our digital economy.

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No pressure there, just help develop our digital economy! Thank you very

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much, guys. Absolutely brilliant. Next in our latest Newsround special

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we're setting one year 7 class a challenge to see how much

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technology is taking Some of them will be asked to go

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tech-free for three whole days! Here's how the class reacted

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when the groups were selected. Let's find out what group you are

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in. For three days, what do you think you will do instead? I do not

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know, probably just hide in my room. Think about the positives, maybe you

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could go out and play. No. It is the worst news ever, because every day

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when I get back from school, I am on my gadgets, so now I am just going

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to be bored. She is one unhappy lady, and she is not the only one

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who faces a tech than for the next three days. I will probably just sit

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in my room. The thought of no technology for three days is

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unbearable for this bunch. Here we go! And that is restricted to just

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two hours a day on their devices... Are not taking the news any better.

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I am going second. I'm going to miss out on group chats. I just chill

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out. The kids are facing a restriction on their technology,

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they might be judging the next three days, but for some... Unlimited

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technology! It is time to celebrate. How do you feel? X static!

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You won't want to miss that Newsround Special -

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You've been online to let us know if you think you're

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Joseph says he's definitely addicted - he loves it and can't

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Molly is in the middle - she uses it a lot in winter,

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but when the weather's good in summer she'd rather be outside.

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And Sophie says she's not addicted to tech because her Mum

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gives her time limits for using her gadgets.

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Here at 4:20pm. Don't forget our special on at 530 this evening. I do

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not know how I would cope without technology, do

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