For engineering week this week the whole school took part in a computer coding workshop with Ciaran from Coughlan Web.
Our Junior room completed a Melodic Name Badge using the fantastic BBC Microbit.
The micro:bit’s LED display output can show words and numbers as well as pictures.
This program scrolls text across the screen to let people know your name and show a picture.
An infinite loop keeps the sequence going until you unplug the micro:bit from its battery or USB lead.
Scrolling text on LED displays are often used to show bus and train information.
Our Senior room
The senior classes built a Traffic Light Sequencer. Again using the very versatile BBC Microbit and an RGB Led board. This project was a bit more hands on as the students not only had to build code, they had to use crocodile clips to connect the external RDB Led.
The children all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Check out our videos at the end of this post which shows the pupils name being spelt out on what they built with Ciaran.
