TY - JOUR AU - Johnson, Brian PY - 2022/07/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Micro:bit Hero: Using MakeCode to Replicate Popular Songs JF - Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching JA - JTILT VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Article DO - 10.13001/jtilt.v1i1.7057 UR - https://journals.uwyo.edu/index.php/jtilt/article/view/7057 SP - 23-28 AB - <p>This lesson opens with an introduction of how to program the Micro:bit using block code to play music using the piano keyboard embedded in the music section of Micro:bit Make Code.&nbsp; In this lesson, students explore how to make music using this feature and learn how to program the Micro:bit using MakeCode to incorporate rests and different notes (quarter, half, and full) to replicate nursery rhymes or popular songs.&nbsp; The lesson concludes with a discussion of the challenges/limitations of coding the Micro:bit to play music.&nbsp; Students also&nbsp; shared their musical creations with their peers through a “Name that Tune” game where they attempted to guess which popular song or nursery rhyme their peers had replicated in MakeCode.</p><p>Time: 30-45 minutes</p> ER -