Ideas to inspire this World Creativity & Innovation Day

We've got plenty of free resources to support your teaching using the micro:bit. But first ??read our reasons?? for why inspiring pupils through coding & physical computing is so important in today's world.

New professional development

Our new short professional development courses help educators support learners to explore digital creativity using design thinking. This could be useful for a do your :bit challenge or other schools-based challenges.

• Our first course, Introduction to design thinking introduces the concept of design thinking and discusses how the five stages (Empathise, define, ideate, prototype and test) work.
• Our second course Applying design thinking brings design thinking to life by using classroom examples aligned to the UN Global goals which are familiar to many educators. It also introduces a final stage where learners reflect on their experiences and present their ideas to others.

Ideas to foster creativity and innovation

Our do your :bit resources bring together the micro:bit and the UN’s Global Goals to provide inspiring activities for your classroom or club, which are perfect for fostering creativity & innovation.

Inspiration

You can get inspired in your own classroom by exploring the creative solutions designed by previous participants in the do your :bit challenge.