The BBC micro:bit in Slovakia

Physical computing allows students to develop concrete, tangible products of the real world. This can motivate them to fully open their imagination and provide them access to the different topic areas, not only computer science. The aim of this paper is to describe a project that spread the idea of physical computing among teachers and students in Slovakia. We think that the BBC micro:bit has a great potential to become a way to transform education, so our attention is devoted to this physical computing device. This paper also describes a grant for schools, the creation of supporting material for teachers, how webinars ran in a special virtual environment and analyzes the first contact questionnaire that gives us the basic information about the situation in primary and secondary schools.