Please help me with a title!

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I'm running a workshop on Saturday 11 Feb at Raspberry Pi Towers in Cambridge. I'm really looking forward to it and it should be great fun.

I've got just one problem: I need a good title.

Let me tell you a bit more about the workshop and explain how you can help.

The workshop


In 60 minutes beginners will learn how to program the BBC micro:bit using MicroPython. They will be using Raspberry Pi computers linked to micro:bits and will use the mu application on the Pi to write and upload their programs.

I'm not sure of the age range. There may be young programmers with their parents, some grand-parents, silver solderers like me, and every age in between.

We'll be providing the hardware but they will have to give it back at the end of the workshop.

Please help me find a title!


I 've set up an online survey. It asks for your idea for a title and your email address. (That cuts down on spam and ensures one entry per person.) You can also subscribe to my newsletter if you want to, but there's no obligation to do so.

Although you can only submit one title you can change your entry at any time.

 

A little thank-you


If I decide to use your title and you're the first person to submit it, I'll send you a free microbit Inventor's Kit from Kitronik.

That's the other reason I'm asking for your email address!

Please do it today!


I need to decide the title over the weekend, so please submit your entry today if you can. I'll be taking down the survey tomorrow.

You can submit your title here.










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