Micro:Bit Immplementation in ICT Education

Year 2018, Volume: 11 , 128 - 133, 01.12.2018

Melita Mılıć Dario Kukuljan Elena Krelja Kurelovıć

Abstract

Our civilization has moved deep into the computer
society.
Unlike the economy, schools very slow carry out the necessary transformations.
The application of different technologies in the educational process, on the
one hand, accelerates the teaching process while on the other hand it makes it
more interesting and acceptable to participants. Therefore, various initiatives
have been launched aiming at a faster transformation of the school system. With
an ubiquitous trend of accent on the STEM area, the logical way of solving
problems is the foundation of development. Programming logic is recognized as a
tool that will be the basis for any business. In search of affordable solutions,
in order to cover as many of today's pupils as possible, Micro:bit  are
selected. Micro:bit can also be used to enhance computational thinking,
learning, and problem-solving across disciplines. More than 30 countries around
the world began to use Micro:bits in their education systems. In Croatia, this
was accomplished through various projects involving almost all school
institutions and spreading across libraries across the country. The aim of this
paper is to show that projects with a high impact on education can be realized
with a small amount of funds. We will show some of the started projects, the
correlation they have created among subjects in school and generations of
children. The impact that a Micro:bit has on education in Croatia is indisputable
and therefore we will try to give examples of good practices described in the
projects for future use of this technology in teaching.

Keywords

Micro:bit, STEAM education, School, Programming

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