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E-Textile Christmas Tree

November 21, 2020January 17, 2021 Alex Hadwen-Bennett 1 Comment e-textiles, micro:bit

This project involves the creation of an e-textile Christmas tree made out of felt and controlled by a BBC micro:bit.

Example e-textile circuit featuring the micro:bit holder.

BBC micro:bit E-Textiles

micro:bit Holder for E-Textiles

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Alex Hadwen-Bennett 1 Comment

Recently I have been investigating different ways of simplifying the incorporation of the BBC micro:bit in e-textile projects. Currently the

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Harry Gowlett @HGowlett_DT·

15 Jan

Great day in London making logic gates for the first time as part of my masters course today 😀

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15 Jan

Our STEM Education MA students did a great job creating their relay logic gates today! @KingsECS @crestem_kcl #STEMeducation

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CRESTEM @ KCL @crestem_kcl·

14 Jan

Exciting to see this latest research from #crestem colleague @CarlaFinesilver and it is #openAccess too - congrats Carla! https://twitter.com/carlafinesilver/status/1482052522894364683

Dr Carla Finesilver@CarlaFinesilver

Have new #openAccess article out! "Beyond categories: dynamic qualitative analysis of visuospatial representation in arithmetic" in Educational Studies in Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10123-3
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Dr Lizzie Rushton @RushtonDr·

21 Sep

@NeuroDrugDoc @Thepurplelilac Jelly fish have been added to the office reef 🧶🐠@KingsECS @crestem_kcl

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King's ECS @KingsECS·

3 Jun

The deadline for applications for the MA in STEM Education scholarships close this Sunday 6 June. Learn more about the course and the funding below from programme director @GlackM https://twitter.com/KingsECS/status/1394933971184672770

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"It enables the programme to continue to have students from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences and understandings of STEM education"

@GlackM talks about our MA in STEM Education and the scholarships funded by @Wipro

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/scholarships-available-for-the-ma-stem-education

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