This week, we trained our 1000th Raspberry Pi Certified Educator at a Picademy in Cardiff, south Wales. These teachers, librarians and other educators are now equipped to begin sharing the power of digital making with their learners, their local communities and their peers
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1000 Raspberry Pi Certified Educators
At Raspberry Pi, we’re determined in our ambition to put the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world: one way we pursue this is by developing high-quality learning resources to support a growing community of educators. We spend a lot of time thinking hard about what you can learn by tinkering and making with a Raspberry Pi, and other devices and platforms, in order to become skilled in computer programming, electronics, and physical computing.
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Digital Making Curriculum
Happy new year to everyone! We’re back with a new programme of Picademy events for 2017. All our UK events have been scheduled up to the end of the year, so you can look ahead and choose something at a location and date that is convenient. An educator gets to grips with our Camera Module For the uninitiated, Picademy is a free CPD programme that aims to give educators the skills and knowledge they need to get creative with computing, no matter what their level of experience.
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Our full 2017 schedule of UK Picademy events
After introducing you all to Pioneers back in November, we’ve seen some amazing responses across social media with teams registering, Code Clubs and Jams retweeting and everyone getting themselves pumped up and ready for action. Nicholas Tollervey on Twitter This is the best thing I’ve seen in all my years involved in tech related education: https://t.co/5jerR9770r #MakeYourIdeas Mass excitement all round – including here at Pi Towers! So, without further ado, here’s the delightful Owen to reveal the first challenge
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Cambridge Network Raspberry Pi announces a new online training series Cambridge Network We're delighted to announce a new way for people to learn about digital making from Raspberry Pi : two free online CPD training courses, available anywhere in the world.
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Raspberry Pi announces a new online training series – Cambridge Network
Every day, young people are using digital technologies to solve problems that they care about.
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Pioneers: #MakeYourIdeas
Raspberry Pi powered anti-tank rocket launcher prototype shown HEXUS The Raspberry Pi Foundation was set up “to put the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world”. The tiny credit card sized (and smaller) computer boards are designed to provide low-cost and high performance computers used “to …
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Raspberry Pi powered anti-tank rocket launcher prototype shown – HEXUS
A few weeks back, we were fortunate enough to be sent the Puppet Kit for Raspberry Pi , from our friend Simon Monk of Monk Makes .
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Monk Makes Puppet Kit
This thing will change your life In October 2011, Raspberry Pi co-founder Jack Lang handed me a beta version of the Raspberry Pi.
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PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition 2016