As the Government confirms that schools will return to full in-person teaching from 8th March, Altitude Foundation continues to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop their programming and coding skills. We are offering to support ten teams of up to three young people aged 13-18 to take part in this year’s do Your :bit project, from the micro:bit Foundation.
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10 February 2021 - 1 minute read
Lockdown continues to present profound challenges for many young people, and we want to help. Altitude Foundation is hosting two online events focusing on programming, coding and digital careers during the February half term. Students in Years 9-13 are welcome to sign up, completely free of charge!
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11 January 2021 - 1 minute read
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as Altitude’s new Events and Communications Manager! We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and committed candidate to help us to develop our profile, reach our audience and deliver high-quality events and interventions for our programme participants.
Continue reading “Join our Team!”Micro Challenge #45 – Extending a challenge
17 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the forty-fifth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you to expand a problem & programme a solution
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #45 – Extending a challenge”Micro Challenge #44 – Designing a solution to a problem
15 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the forty-fourth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you programme a solution
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #44 – Designing a solution to a problem”Micro Challenge #43 – Breaking down a problem
13 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the forty-third of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you break down a problem to be able to programme a solution
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #43 – Breaking down a problem”Micro Challenge #42 – Completing a program
10 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the forty-second of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you ensure your algorithm has all the necessary information
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #42 – Completing a program”Micro Challenge #41 – Proofing a program
8 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the forty-first of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you practice spotting sequencing errors
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #41 – Proofing a program”Micro Challenge # 40 – Finding sequencing errors
6 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the fortieth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you practice spotting sequencing errors
Continue reading “Micro Challenge # 40 – Finding sequencing errors”Micro Challenge #39 – Decomposing recommendation algorithms
3 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-ninth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will let you explore how your phone predicts your texts
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #39 – Decomposing recommendation algorithms”Micro Challenge #38 – Exploring predictive text
1 July 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-eighth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will let you explore how your phone predicts your texts
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #38 – Exploring predictive text”Micro Challenge #37 – Checking your spelling
29 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-seventh of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you understand the basics of programming a spellchecker
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #37 – Checking your spelling”Micro Challenge #36 – Creating images with binary
26 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-sixth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will show you how to use binary to create images
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #36 – Creating images with binary”Micro Challenge #35 – Converting from binary into denary
24 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-fifth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you create a tool to convert binary to decimal numbers
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #35 – Converting from binary into denary”Micro Challenge #34 – Translating into binary code
22 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-fourth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you revise or review your binary knowledge.
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #34 – Translating into binary code”Micro Challenge #33 – Using a rubber duck to debug a programme
19 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-third of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will show you how you can use a rubber duck to debug a programme
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #33 – Using a rubber duck to debug a programme”Micro Challenge #32 – Increasing efficiency with Boolean logic
17 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-second of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will revise conditional statements and explore Boolean logic – and win a micro:bit!
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #32 – Increasing efficiency with Boolean logic”Micro Challenge #31 – Presenting a prototype
15 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirty-first of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will let you review your prototype and idea!
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #31 – Presenting a prototype”Micro Challenge #30 – Designing a digital prototype
12 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the thirtieth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you test out your idea by creating a digital prototype!
Continue reading “Micro Challenge #30 – Designing a digital prototype”Micro Challenge #29 – Building a 3D prototype
10 June 2020 - 1 minute read
Welcome to the twenty-ninth of Altitude Foundation’s #MicroChallenges2020
Today’s challenge will help you test out your idea by creating a three-dimensional prototype!
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