Hello and welcome to episode one of the bit:cast podcast. The unofficial podcast for micro:bit makers and tech enthusiasts.

For our first episode, we’re excited to be joined by Giles Booth, Education content manager of the micro:bit Educational Foundation to talk about the latest developments in the micro:bit ecosystem and the process that went on behind creating them.

Our Fortnight in micro:bit:

Kerry:

• With schools closing I've been thinking of other ways to get my tutorials out there for kids to learn so I've been working on my video editing skills and creating a video intro hope to release the first one's later this week
• Released issue 7 of micro:mag
• Reviewed the simple robotics kit from kitronik

Josh:

• Giving the EduBlocks learn site a bit of a refresh. Lots more micro:bit tutorials coming soon now that the website looks a bit nicer.
• Yesterday I played around with the Pi Supply LoRa micro:bit kit as part of an ARM project I am doing. See Arm Gen2z
• Producing some EduBlocks video tutorials with OBS. Really easy to do and requires no editing.

Giles:

• With schools closing, we’ve all been adapting to new ways of working, I now have 2 teenagers and a university student at home, all have been given work to get on with, even my son whose A-Levels seem to have been cancelled!
• Planning our newsletters and new content to support remote teaching
• Making a video to explain how micro:bit classroom could be used remotely

News:

New remote learning page https://microbit.org/get-started/user-guide/remote-teaching/

MakeCode daily streams (9am PST for micro:bit)

https://mixer.com/makecode

4Tronix Orbit (Super cool new add-on)

https://twitter.com/LMcUnderwood/status/1241734413739798530?s=20

Automated hand sanitizer

https://twitter.com/MichelinePollo1/status/1240561282723598337?s=20

Where to find us:

Giles:

@blogmywiki

suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/

Josh:

@all_about_code

edublocks.org

josh@micromag.cc

Kerry:

@RaspiKidd

raspikidd.com

kerry@micromag.cc