{"id":192,"date":"2025-09-26T13:08:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2025-09-30T06:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:15:47","slug":"microbit-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/microbit-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbit Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These pages are devoted to presentations done for Microbit Schools in Gqeberha<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>29 September 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" 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width=\"180\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\nMicrosoft MakeCode for Microbits<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online <a href=\"https:\/\/makecode.microbit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/makecode.microbit.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Offline <a href=\"https:\/\/makecode.microbit.org\/offline-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/makecode.microbit.org\/offline-app<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microbit on Playstore &#8211; Android phones <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.samsung.microbit&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.samsung.microbit&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microbit on IStore &#8211; Apple devices <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/micro-bit\/id1092687276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/micro-bit\/id1092687276<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>First lessons with MakeCode and the micro:bit <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/lessons\/first-lessons-with-makecode-and-the-microbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/lessons\/first-lessons-with-makecode-and-the-microbit\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microbit Let&#8217;s Code <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/code\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microbit Projects <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft MakeCode for Microbit User Guide <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/get-started\/user-guide\/microsoft-makecode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/get-started\/user-guide\/microsoft-makecode\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New Data Logging Projects &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/news\/2022-08-25\/new-data-logging-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/news\/2022-08-25\/new-data-logging-projects\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>micro:bit MakeCode blocks cut-out cards <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/classroom-resources\/microbit-makecode-blocks-cutout-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/teach\/classroom-resources\/microbit-makecode-blocks-cutout-cards\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft 14 week Course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/makecode\/teach\/microbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/makecode\/teach\/microbit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Other<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mrmorrison.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cropped-img_2472.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"296\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mrmorrison.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr Morison<\/a><br \/>\nHi, I\u2019m Mr Morrison, a Scottish Primary Teacher and Digital Learning Educator. Welcome to my website, here you will find my micro:bit lessons and a variety of other resources.<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry Pi Foundation &#8211; CodeClub <a href=\"https:\/\/codeclub.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/codeclub.org\/en\/<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Chomp the Cheese <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.raspberrypi.org\/en\/projects\/chomp-the-cheese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/projects.raspberrypi.org\/en\/projects\/chomp-the-cheese<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Python Editor Online\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/python.microbit.org\/v\/3\/ideas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/python.microbit.org\/v\/3\/ideas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These pages are devoted to presentations done for Microbit Schools in Gqeberha 29 September 2025 Microsoft MakeCode for Microbits Online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}