On 2 January, MIT released the latest version of their incredible visual programming language: Scratch 3 ! Scratch 3 is here We love Scratch — it’s the perfect starting point for young people who want to try coding, and we’re offering a huge variety of free Scratch project guides for all interests and coding abilities. Scratch 3 introduces a brand-new look and feel.
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Scratch 3, and upgrading our free resources
One of the most common enquiries I receive at Pi Towers is “How can I get my hands on a Raspberry Pi Oracle Weather Station?” Now the answer is: “Why not build your own version using our guide?” Tadaaaa! The BYO weather station fully assembled.
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Build your own weather station with our new guide!
Today, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is launching a new, free resource for educators. Hello World – a new magazine for educators Hello World is a magazine about computing and digital making written by educators, for educators
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Hello World – a new magazine for educators
By any measure, the Raspberry Pi Foundation had a fantastic 2016.
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2017: inspiring young makers and supporting educators
Yesterday we welcomed a new member of staff to the Foundation’s growing Education Team. Marc Scott is a former teacher, joining as our new Head of Curriculum
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Welcome Marc – our new Head of Curriculum
Back in April, when we launched a revamp of our whole website , we introduced a section of free learning resources .
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Resources Restyled
At Raspberry Pi Towers, our magical helper elves* have been working around the clock to bring you some fantastically festive Hour of Code activities. Raspberry Pi Elves Ben and Gert The Hour of Code is an idea launched in 2013 by Code.org – a non-profit organisation dedicated to expanding participation in Computer Science by making it available in more schools. Their vision is very similar to our own at Raspberry Pi: Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science.
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Take part in the Hour of Code