arduino

Investigating Arduino #Gemma – Adapting Blink code to control 2 LEDs #STEAM

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRV98zS3tfs?rel=0&w=420&h=315] After a reader suggestion (thanks Kathleen!) I’ve also included the adapted blink code below and on my GitHub: https://create.arduino.cc/editor/familysimpson/5d942b51-3b84-48b7-9c92-b9aeb9fd9734/preview?embed

CPD STEAM Student Engagement

Getting started with Arduino #Gemma #STEAM

Tonight I found time to finally open the Arduino Gemma that arrived just before the October break. It comes with no instructions, but Adafruit have plenty of guides on their website. However depending on where you start, you may waste a bit of time. More on that below. The first guide I read told me […]

Curriculum For Excellence Digital Skills ICT for Learning

Why teaching ICT cannot be abandoned

As Russel Tarr’s recent response to a high-profile attack on his methods of teaching the history of the Weimar Republic (1918-33) gathers deservedly increasing views across the Internet, other parts of Michael Gove’s “Mr. Men” speech align with my concerns about the move away from teaching of ICT in schools and its replacement with (the […]