Alan O’Donohoe writes: I’m often asked how Raspberry Jam started, how the jam spread so quickly, and why I was motivated to start this movement. So here’s a little history of the birth of the Raspberry jam movement. On the 11th February 2012, I organised our very first Hack To The Future event [ film | blogpost ] at my school, Our Lady’s Catholic High School in Preston.
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Alan O’Donohoe writes: I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you, our Raspberry Jam community for supporting our OCR Raspberry Jamboree, the second annual convention to share the educational potential of the Raspberry Pi community. I’d also like to thank our sponsors OCR, Pimoroni, CPC, Cyntech, ModMyPi, Exa Education, MathWorks, BCS Manchester, MagPi Magazine, Raspberry Pi Geek and Ciseco. In particular I also wish to thank Lisa Mather for organising an excellent party and Dawn Hewitson particularly for support with the hack day.
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Raspberry Jamboree 2014
We have no details about this other than the video below. (A picture appeared on Reddit last August, but there’s been absolutely no other information: we do not know who these people are, what the event they’re at is, how many worked on the outfit, or where they’re from.) But it’s magnificent, so we had to share
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Gameboy cosplay (Pi-powered, naturally)
The 2014 Raspberry Jamboree is coming up at the end of February.
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Raspberry Jamboree, Manchester 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2014
Geeky gadgets Two Years of Raspberry Pi Video Celebrates The Awesome Mini PC (video) Geeky gadgets Next month is the second anniversary of the launch of the awesome Raspberry Pi mini PC and to celebrate this event a celebratory movie has been created by The Raspberry Pi Guy over on YouTube. The Raspberry Pi mini PC movie celebrates a range of
Raspberry Pi design challenge launched ElectronicsWeekly.com Teams of students from schools and universities across the UK are being invited to take part in the second Raspberry Pi programming competition. Front_of_Raspberry_Pi Event organiser PA Consulting Group wants entrants to use the Raspberry Pi to
Ryan Kopf Announces Screens Based on Raspberry Pi for Conventions SBWire (press release) This technology, using Raspberry Pi micro-computers, will enable conventions to get messages out to attendees instantly during the event. These screens, expected to be completed later this year, will connect to the internet and download small files
A post from Mr Raspberry Jam himself, Alan O’Donohoe. This one promises to huge and fabulous, and the National STEM Centre is an outstanding venue. I am strangley drawn to joining the trans-Pennine convoy from Preston. “You may have seen that we are holding a big Raspberry Jam in York on Saturday 8th June, 3 weeks today
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Raspberry Jam at the National STEM Centre York, Saturday 8th June 2013
First Raspberry Pi Game Jam Held in the UK Game Politics The first Raspberry Pi game jam was recently held in Manchester, according to Develop.
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First Raspberry Pi Game Jam Held in the UK – Game Politics
Alan O’Donohoe writes: You may already know that only 6 months ago, I set up this Raspberry Jam network called to help teachers, parents, childen and learners of all ages to understand the educational potential of the Raspberry Pi computer. In a short space of a few months, this has spread to 40 groups around the UK and many more around the World
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Webcast – Raspberry Jamboree LIVE