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Date: June 17, 2026

Build upon your foundational Micro:bit skills by integrating the Forward Education Charge and CodeCtrl expansion boards. This hands-on session focuses on managing external power and executing advanced hardware commands to create more complex, classroom-ready prototypes. You will explore how these specific tools allow students to move beyond basic coding into functional engineering and sophisticated circuitry. Please bring your previously issued Micro:bit and a laptop prepared for the MakeCode editor.

Each participant will leave with the Forward Education Charge and CodeCtrl expansion boards for Micro:bits.

This workshop is limited to 15 participants!

Audience: 6-12th Grade Teachers

Presenter: Ben Sondgeroth

Location: Bureau, Henry, Stark Regional Office of Education #28. Atkinson, IL

Time: 9:00AM-11:30AM

Professional Development Hours:  2.5

Cost: $20.00 

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