Aberdeen Art Gallery Micro:Bit workshops 2024

We have some workshops coming up in January/February 2024 in the Aberdeen Art Gallery, thanks to our successful application to the “Creative Funding Programme” from Aberdeen City Council in the summer!

We’ll be running free “drop in” sessions, where you can find out about Microbit s & “break out boards” (adding more inputs & outputs) to make really cool interactive things…

And we’re also running some “inventor” workshops (£45 per person) – but you get to keep £45 worth of kit! (Micro:bits, Breakout boards, sensors, LEDs, wires, breadboards, electronics etc). – Some spaces are sponsored by SRCN Solutions – so if you need financial assistance & would love to come to the workshop, get in touch to secure a sponsored space.

you can sign up via the #AAGM website

Supported by SRCN Solutions

Big Lottery funded DM CIC workshops start in Peterhead

We have been fortunate to be awarded a Big Lottery grant for 5 Driverless Car workshops in the North East of Scotland! We have arranged with Peterhead Academy & Inverurie Academy to start this term, Peterhead have an Afterschool Club for S2+ and We’ll be working with the Inverurie S3 Engineering class.

We’re running the Driverless Car workshop we piloted with Northfield Academy & Transition Extreme after school clubs (funded by ACC’s U-decide (participatory Budgeting)) – so a five week course, introducing the concepts of Machine Learning & Driverless Car technology.

Week one is always relaxed, fun & creative, with the teams creating their car chassis, camera mounts and raspberry pi placements. The Peterhead pupils were fantastic, engaged, entertained, interested, enthusiastic and inquisitive, all the attributes we love to see in innovators of tomorrow!

Below are a few photos from tonight’s session, we look forward to working with the class for the next 4 weeks!

If you’d like to know more about the Driverless Car workshop, want to get us into your school, or have any other questions about our STEAM activity, do email us! we’re getting busy!

Big thanks to the Big Lottery funding, it’s been invaluable! A lot of kids that wouldn’t usually get this type of STEAM education are now, thanks to this funding.

Digital Maker head to Abu Dhabi for the #ADSF2017

Digital Maker CIC are pleased to announce that they will be working with the Edinburgh Science Festival at the Abu Dhabi Science Festival 2017!

Martin & Philip will be working with the Science Communicators at the festival to build, control & explore Micro ROVs in an exciting workshop for kids aged 9-12.