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The Kitronik ARCADE - a teaching tool for beginner to advanced students

October 22, 2023 • ages 11+ • ages 7+ • ages 8+ • ages 9+ • I2C • kids • Kitronik • makecode arcade • programming • sound • speaker • teaching

The Kitronik ARCADE is a fun and engaging educational tool for kids to learn Digital Technologies' concepts! With web-accessible programming interfaces, the ARCADE is suitable for both visual block programming and later text-based with expansion for hardware tinkering; design game-based programs that are playable through a familiar game controller/console interface.

Get the MI:Power add-on battery board for a compact travel battery

December 17, 2016 • coding • gift • kids • micro:bit • portable • power

Here at Small Devices, we've been amazed at the improvements we got by adding the MI:Power Board to our BBC micro:bits. One of the first questions..

BBC micro:bit stock in Australia in time for the holidays

December 11, 2016 • coding • educational • gift • javascript • kids • micro:bit • portable • python • stem • visual

Are your kids winding up their school year and now glued to video games, phones, and tablets? Perhaps they're telling you..