Through an immersive, alternative teaching and learning experience, DreamSpace at Microsoft Ireland will inspire students and teachers to see technology in exciting new ways, helping them to realise the full potential of what they can achieve.

WHAT: STEPS & Microsoft DreamSpace – Primary School: Code like an Engineer takes place during STEPS Engineers Week 2021, with this session focusing on the theme of ‘Sustainable Programming’.

AGE: Primary school pupils aged 9-12.

HOW TO JOIN: You will be sent a link to the Teams Live Event upon registration, and again in a reminder email closer to the day. You will also be sent detailed joining instructions to share with your students.

• What does "plugged" mean?

To participate, pupils need access to join us live and will need to use their device to join the webpage www.makecode.microbit.org.

We will be then learning the basics of coding (an important skill for software engineers) and will challenge ourselves to program the micro:bit to help us solve some sustainability issues in the world. This session will be full of fun and engagement and will allow pupils the opportunity to think like a software engineer. No previous coding experience is necessary.

• Privacy Disclaimer

Please be aware that If you choose to participate in this session using Microsoft Teams, your name, email address, phone number, and/or title may be viewable by other session participants. If you would like to remain anonymous, select the "Participate Anonymously" option or participate through your browser. The options will appear before joining the webinar. Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read the Microsoft Privacy Policy at aka.ms/privacy.

• About STEPS

STEPS Engineers Week promotes engineering and the importance of the profession to children in Ireland. The Engineers Ireland STEPS Programme is a non-profit outreach programme that promotes interest and awareness in engineering as a future career to school students in the Republic of Ireland through a portfolio of projects.