by Compendium News Staff | Dec 21, 2018 | Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The Abington Township Public Library (ATPL) has launched micro:bits, a new technology item available for borrowing. For ages 10 and up, a micro:bit is a pocket-size programmable micro-controller, enabling young people to get creative with technology through coding,...
by Compendium News Staff | Jun 28, 2018 | Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The Abington Township Public Library will offer Code Quest with BBC microbits on Wednesday, July 18 & Friday, August 10, from 2:00-3:30pm. Tweens & teens, ages 10-14, will learn coding and electronics using a tiny programmable computer called a BBC micro:bit....
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 20, 2015 | Children's Services, PA Forward, School Libraries
by Angie Andre It can be very intimidating when you embark on a new program and have no experience in that area. Believe me, I understand. Robots, beginning programming, circuits? No way, not me. I started to do a little research and realized I was wrong, very wrong....
