[python-uk] Microbit motion sensors at PyCon UK Teachers' Day

[Stephen Simmons]

Hi Steve, Leona,

Thanks for replying. I'll send an email followup shortly. The PyCon UK deadline proposal is Tues 28 June. Let's get a proposal together over the next few days.

Stephen


On 21/06/16 21:42, Stestagg wrote:
> Hi! I have a micro:bit and would love to help in any way possible. Feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss Thanks Steve
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> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 at 09:42, Leona So via python-uk <python-uk at python.org <mailto:python-uk at python.org>> wrote:
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>     Hi Stephen,
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>     I teach Maths at a FE college, have general interest in programming especially Python and would be more than happy to help. The only downside is I don't have access to a microbit, it's hard to get hold of one. I used it briefly during microbit training sessions with STEMNET, so I may be able to provide some ideas!
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>     Thanks.
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>     Regards,
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>
>     Leona
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>     On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:56 AM, Stephen Simmons <mail at stevesimmons.com <mailto:mail at stevesimmons.com>> wrote:
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>         Hi everyone,
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>         Would anyone like to help me put together a microbit session for the PyCon UK teachers' day using motion sensors? My plan is to use python on the microbit to illustrate some motion-related maths/physics principles from accelerometer/gyroscope data.
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>         Ideally we would prepare some exercises with direct relevance to classwork that teachers could take back to their students and use right away.
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>         So if you know microbits and are keen to help, get in touch!
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>         If you are a teacher with ideas you'd to implement, or you know teachers with ideas, then get in touch too.
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>         The deadline for proposals is in 2 weeks...
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>         Cheers
>         Stephen
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>         P.S. I have also submitted a proposal on sensor fusion algorithms for the main PyCon UK conference, using MetaWear PRO wearables. They can transmit 9-axis accelerometer/gyroscope/magnetometer data over Bluetooth in real time. The microbit, as I understand it (mine will arrive in 2 weeks...) doesn't have enough memory to load Python and Bluetooth together. So we will have to be more creative about logging/retrieving results. Plenty of time to work through this in July/August. First step is the proposal....
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