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DT Challenge - 7/8 Python - Networking with Micro:Bit

Learn how to code the micro:bit to use the radio! In this DT Mini Challenge, you can create wireless networks to send pictures and messages around the room! You'll start by sending simple messages, but work up to making your own interactive games with your friends! Dive on in and you'll be sending secret messages in no time!

To do the challenge offline use this guide to support students.

Additional details

Year band(s)	7-8
Content type	Tools for learning, Student challenges
Format	Interactive
Core and overarching concepts	Computational thinking, Algorithms, Implementation (programming)
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	ACTDIK023 Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired, wireless and mobile networks, and how the specifications affect performance ACTDIP025 Acquire data from a range of sources and evaluate authenticity, accuracy and timeliness ACTDIP027 Define and decompose real-world problems taking into account functional requirements and economic, environmental, social, technical and usability constraints ACTDIP028 Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs ACTDIP029 Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors ACTDIP030 Implement and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions in a general-purpose programming language
Technologies & Programming Languages	Python
Keywords	Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interactions, Australian Computing Academy, Python, DT Challenge
Organisation	Australian Computing Academy
Copyright	University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0.