{"id":743,"date":"2018-10-22T15:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2018\/?page_id=743"},"modified":"2018-10-22T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T14:53:11","slug":"micromaker-branded-partner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2018\/micromaker-branded-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroMaker \u2013 Branded Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\"  class=\"x-section\"  style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px; background-color: transparent;\"   ><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(-45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\" data-fade=\"true\"><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/micromaker-600x400.gif\" ><a  class=\"x-btn x-btn-regular x-btn-block\"  href=\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2018\/partners-sponsors\/\"     data-options=\"thumbnail: ''\"><i  class=\"x-icon mvn mln mrs x-icon-hand-o-right\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf0a4;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Back to Summit Partners<\/a><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\" data-fade=\"true\"><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-justify\"    ><p>MicroMaker is a joint venture based in Singapore and the UK. This start up specialised in creating STEAM educational resources many of which have been designed around the micro:bit.<\/p>\n<p>One of the founders of MicroMaker, David Crellin, worked with the BBC and other companies such as Microsoft and ARM holdings to develop the micro:bit which is a very low cost codable computer.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed specifically to encourage all young people and in particular girls to get interested in digital making, coding and electronic design one million micro:bits were given to students aged 11 in the UK in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017 MicroMaker won a contact in Singapore to distribute 100,000 micro:bits to schools, colleges and community centres around Singapore. This contract forms the basis of the digital maker programme in Singapore which includes a training programme for teachers. Each teacher has the opportunity to learn how to use the micro:bit in the classroom followed by support them in getting into more creative and enterprising activities with their students.<\/p>\n<p>The digital maker programme runs up until March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Digital Maker programme, MicroMaker specialises in developing kits for use with the micro:bit. Kits include Destination packs which have guided design outcomes to the Exploration packs for more open-ended creative activities and Investigation packs for exploring science and engineering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micromaker.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">micromaker.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-743","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MicroMaker \u2013 Branded Partner - Innovation Africa 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2018\/micromaker-branded-partner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MicroMaker \u2013 Branded Partner - 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