Micro-controllers like Arduino are increasingly used in classroom settings to teach skills, attitudesand knowledge around technology. Education around these tools is often set in group contexts andcollaboration is typically considered an important part of the learning process. However, much of thesoftware tools currently available are still designed around a laptop programming paradigm that tendsto restrict collaboration rather than encourage shifting of roles and sharing of experiences. This paperexplores how to design tools that invite collaborative interactions, in particular how mobile softwaretools, with heavy usage of video as an interactive resource, could allow for collaborative sketchingand understanding. Based on contextual inquiries with educators, observations and engagements withstudents in classroom settings, and a workshop with Arduino Education, this paper sketches out avision for how the software tools used for learning physical computing can be re-designed to better work within the context of group work from the observations, for groups of students aged 14–16-years old.