Check availability of the micro:bit GO 10th Anniversary Edition
Dear Educational Community,
We’ve worked with just about every kind of educational computing platform over the past 30 years, and I believe the micro:bit is the clear winner for getting students started. It’s affordable, accessible, easy to put in a student’s hands, and browser-based programming removes many of the technical barriers that can derail a classroom before the real learning even begins.
The impact is already remarkable. According to the Micro Educational Foundation, the micro:bit has helped 73.5 million young people in more than 85 countries build digital skills since 2016. Its work with the British Council has reached an estimated 2 million children in more than 5,500 schools, while its UNICEF partnership has reached more than 165,000 students since 2024. The Foundation is now aiming to reach 100 million young people worldwide by 2028.
Today, this module and the teachers who use it will influence how AI is used in technical education. Since AI can take care of more of the routine coding, we should use that opportunity to raise the bar—giving students more time to build, experiment, troubleshoot, and solve real-world problems with electronics and physical computing. Hands-on learning is the way to go, and it gives students agency over their work.
As a leading U.S. Channel Partner for micro:bit, Parallax is 100% behind the Micro Educational Foundation’s vision. We’re backing that commitment with inventory of the 10th Anniversary GO kit: 2,000 micro:bit GO kits are arriving at Parallax in November, ready for schools, educators, and programs across the United States.
We won't be stocking the CLUB version of the 10th anniversary micro:bit, but will sell 10x GO kits at the same price as a CLUB. I'll let you know as soon as these are in stock!
Sincerely,
Ken Gracey, CEO
