CategoriesSTEMWe’re very excited that Bits and Bytes has been recommended by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to assist with the implementation of the Australian Primary School Curriculum for Digital Technologies (ages 4 to 10).
CategoriesSTEMComputing at School Scotland in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow and the University of Sterling have published a “Guide for Early Years and Primary Practitioners”, recommending Bits and Bytes as a resource to assist practicing Computer Science educators to fulfil the outcomes for the Scottish Curriculum.
CategoriesUncategorizedUnfortunately, due to packaging and manufacturing restrictions we are only able to include the English version of the instructions with the game, however we understand people want to read the instructions in their native language, so for our international customers we have converted the Bits and Bytes instructions into the following foreign languages.
CategoriesUncategorizedWe’re very excited to be recommended and included in this year’s Christmas Good Toy Guide (tested by children, endorsed by experts).
CategoriesUncategorizedWe’re very proud here in Bits & Bytes Tower to announce that after considerable reviewing, the Good Toy Guide are recommending Bits & Bytes.
You can read more about it here… Click here to see more on the Good Toy Guide recommendation
Since the success of BETT show 2015 we (us denizens of Bits & Bytes Tower) have been excited to see the photos coming through from fans of the game and it’s great to see they are from all over the world – UK, USA, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Australia and many more. All over the world children are learning computational thinking (a fundamental requirement for learning computer coding) and all by playing Bits and Bytes.
Here are a few of the many pictures.
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Visit Games 4 Learning, the makers of Bits & Bytes, at the BETT Show 2015.
Games 4 Learning are presenting Bits & Bytes to the education technology world at the BETT Show 2015.
We’ve been selected as part of the BETT Future cohort – it’s the BETT exhibition’s purpose built home for the world’s most inspiring ed-tech start-ups – and that includes us! And on Saturday (24th January) our founder and creator of Bits and Bytes, Andrew Mills, will be giving a ten minute talk on the importance of “learning offline”. You can learn more about BETT Futures by clicking here.
As it is the first time we’ve attended the BETT show we’ve got a lot in store to share with you. Exciting developments this year include…
So please visit us and have a chat.
For all of the schools currently using and enjoying Bits & Bytes we’d love to hear from you too – it’s a great opportunity to catch up.
Come and visit us on stand BFS18 (in the BETT Futures area) any time from Wednesday 21st January to Saturday 24th January 2014.
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Bits and Bytes is available in 26 countries across Europe on Amazon – Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
You can view the Amazon UK listing here.
We are currently in talks with resellers and distributors around the world and we hope to make further announcements in the next month or two.
If you would prefer not to buy from Amazon (or you live outside of Europe) then you can buy direct from ourselves here.
At long last, we are pleased to announce the first shipment of Bits and Bytes (the card game that teaches children the fundamentals of computer coding) has arrived. We are currently distributing the hundreds of pre-orders of the game – so if you are one of the many people who have pre-ordered the game then please bear with us as we get your game out to you (we’ve sent out nearly half of the orders so far).
If you missed out on pre-ordering the game then the game is now available for purchase from Amazon. We have been told that as of today (Wednesday 10th December) Bits and Bytes is available in 26 countries across Europe on Amazon – Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
We are continuing talks with distribution partners in other countries to get Bits & Bytes out to as many of you as possible and we will let you know here and on our Facebook page when we have news on new partners.
And we think it looks great!
The quality of card is great and the images are vivid. Since it arrived we have taken it in to a few schools for their opinion of the quality and the feedback has been fantastic. The kids are going to love playing Bits & Bytes. We’ve attached a few photos below…
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