Join educators, researchers, and the developer community for micro:bit LIVE 2020 virtual, an online event December 4-5. There is no cost to register and attend.
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Conference agenda
Friday, December 4
Lightning talks - five minutes
- Connections in the classroom: making micro:bit an integral option, Yolanda Payne
- Online micro:bit K-12 teacher professional development, Karen Nolan & Roisin Faherty
- Large scale professional learning: using the micro:bit to build engagement with teachers and communities, Nicola O’Brien
- micro:bit study buddy, Kevin Thomas
- Rallied to love learning - a story of Lithuania's teachers, Viltautė Žvirzdinaitė
- Tinker, make, and innovate with micro:bit + Tinkercad, Dori Friedman
Interactive sessions - twenty five minutes
- Authoring MakeCode extensions, Abhijith Chatra
- Making and moving with the micro:bit & Scratch, Kreg Hanning, Kristin Osiecki, and Jacy Edelman
- Top ten MakeCode tips and tricks, Jacqueline Russell and Peli de Halleux
- Turning remote learning into student choice, Melissa Wrenchey
Digital lounges
- micro:bit orchestra, Captain Credible
- micro:bit educational resources
Saturday, December 5
Lightning talks - five minutes
- In person and remote learning with micro:bit, Nicholas Provenzano
- Interactive pets with the micro:bit and machine learning, Tiffany Tseng
- Doing science, but in a fun way: hacking the dino game, Thiago Tamer
- #LibrariesFromHome: remote coding, Claire Duffield & Mark Kirkby
Interactive sessions - twenty five minutes
- An innovative education for all, Debora Garofalo
- Changing lives with the micro:bit in the Amazon region of Brazil, Tiago Cauassa
- Developing a regional K-12 digital transformation and resilience programme, Chris Ng
- Exploring sound with the micro:bit V2 and MicroBlocks, John Maloney and Bernat Romagosa
- How the Brazilian institution SESI uses the micro:bit in a daily school routine, despite the pandemic, Clayton Rafael Ribeiro Junior
- Introduction to Makecode with micro:bit, Lorraine Underwood
- Introduction to MicroPython, Sarah Townson
- Teach your micro:bit new tricks with machine learning, Jan Jongboom
- Tools for organising online digital making competitions, YJ Soon
- Infusing indigenous perspectives using the micro:bit, Kim Kirk
- Virtual learning event 'ultra:bit LIVE', Katrine Holst and Camilla Balslev Nielsen
- micro:bit and V2 as part of making, invention, and creativity in a primary school, Stu Lowe
- micro:bit classroom & how I use it with my students during lockdown, Nicholas Hughes
- The Sparklet for micro:bit - a game changing 16x16 color display accessory, Tom Ball & Gavin Jancke
Panel discussion - twenty five minutes
- Teaching in a pandemic: challenges and opportunities, Amber Cui, Cat Lamin, Elisa Cristi, Yi Thing
Digital lounges
- micro:bit orchestra, Captain Credible
- micro:bit educational resources
Meet the team behind this year’s event
micro:bit LIVE 2020 virtual is made possible with this international committee dedicated to inspiring every child to create their best digital future.
- Martha Jez, Committee Chair, CEO Fair Chance Learning, Canada
- Dr. Keith Quille, TU Dublin and CSinc, Ireland
- Jacqueline Russell, Program Manager Microsoft Make Code, USA
- Jon Haavie, Project Developer super:bit Oslo Science Center, The National Museum of Science and Technology, Norway
- Kate Elders, Global Partnerships Lead, British Council, UK
- Michael Stone, Director of Innovative Learning, Public Education Foundation, USA
- Turner Lam, Head of International Collaboration, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
- YJ Soon, Co-founder, Tinkercademy, Singapore
- Aimee Fagan, Producer, Education Programmes and Research, Micro:bit Educational Foundation
- Carlos Pereira Atencio, Software Engineer, Micro:bit Educational Foundation
- Katie Henry, Head of Partner Engagement, N. America Micro:bit Educational Foundation
- Waris Candra, Head of Asia Pacific, Micro:bit Educational Foundation