Learning with the micro:bit involves introducing new terms and definitions for programming concepts and computational thinking concepts.
For students who use sign language as their primary language, it can be difficult to find appropriate signs for technical terms. This is why we have collated example signs in British and American Sign Language, based on existing established sources. This is not a definitive list, but purely a suggested starting point. If your school has found or created alternative signs, please do share with us at accessibility@microbit.org.
This glossary is based on the micro:bit classroom glossary which includes definitions in written English for each term.
British Sign Language
Sources:
This list mainly includes signs from the QIA ICT Dictionary and the Scottish Sensory Centre BSL glossary. It has a bias toward scottish dialect due to the available sources.
- Abstraction - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Acceleration
- Algorithm
- Code
- Coding
- Compass / magnetometer - no sign found, but magnetic field strength may be helpful
- Data (1), Data (2)
- Debug and bug
- Decomposition - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Hardware
- Inputs
- LEDs - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Logic and logic error
- Outputs
- Pattern recognition - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Programming
- Loop
- Infinite loop
- Sensor
- Sequence
- Software
- Variable (1), Variable (2)
American Sign Language
Sources:
This list mainly includes signs from ASLCORE and the DeafTEC Stem Dictionary.
- Abstraction - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Accelerometer , Acceleration
- Algorithm (1) , Algorithm (2)
- Code (1) , Code (various)
- Compass
- Data
- Debugging
- Decomposition - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Hardware
- Input
- LEDs
- Logic - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Output
- Pattern recognition - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Program
- Loop
- Selection - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Sensor
- Sequence - no sign found, please share with us if you have one
- Software
- Variable (1) , Variable (2)