Join researcher, educator and artist Dr Emilie Giles along with programmer
and technology expert Declan Meenagh for this short workshop to learn how
to program the BBC micro:bit. The micro:bit is a small circuit board often
used to teach people how to start getting creative with technology! We will
use a screen reader (NVDA) in assisting us with this, and start to work
with the circuit board using elements like light, sound and vibration in
order to get an output from it. We will also explore making an e-textile
sensor as well. If you have an up-to-date version of JAWS, this workshop
may work for you but it has been tested in detail with NVDA..
No previous programming experience is needed – we’ll be working with a
language called ‘Python’ but at an introductory level. All materials and
the electronics are provided and will be posted out; you just need to have
a laptop or desktop with NVDA installed onto it, or an iPad. You just need
a windows computer with Chrome or Edge browsers. This workshop may work
with an iPhone or iPad app as well but this feature requires sited
assistance for one step and the app may not work as well.
All kit provided in the workshop is yours to keep afterwards so that you
can carry on exploring the possibilities!
If you are interested please sign up before Monday 25th July so we can send
the kit out on time!
The workshop will take place on Thursday, 4th August on zoom at 7pm! You
can sign up here:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=n-vu-JAJv0qVDOuPU_58d2AUehdviRxOu6nkK4lvedtUN0E1OElPOEhFMDRDRkQ2UE84Q1lLUzI2WS4u
Form with more details here and if you have any questions email me off
list, dmeenagh@xxxxxxxxx or give me a call 0876806199