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Digital assistants

Lesson 5 of 5

MakeCode

7-11 yrs

Students explore using conditions in selection through unplugged activities before writing a program to enable the BBC micro:bit to be used as a digital assistant.

Key learning:

  • To read and write algorithms using selection
  • To identify how digital assistant might work
  • To write a program to use a micro:bit as a digital assistant

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