BBC to give away 1m Micro:bit computers to schoolchildren
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#DJ3V)
Corporation to set up not-for-profit venture to sell starter device, a modern-day successor to the BBC Micro, after its rollout to pupils in October.
The BBC is to give away up to one million of its new Micro:bit computers to 11- and 12-year-old children across the UK.
The computer was unveiled at an event in London on Tuesday, along with plans for its rollout this October, after the Micro:bit project was launched earlier this year as part of the corporation's Make It Digital initiative.
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