The trusty alarm clock is a great tool for little kids who insist on getting out of bed very, very early and waking Mum and Dad many hours before it’s time to get up.
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Carrie Anne Philbin’s Adventures in Raspberry Pi
We are huge, giant, enormous fans of Carrie Anne Philbin. Carrie Anne’s a pioneering computing teacher, whose Geek Gurl Diaries YouTube series we can’t say enough good things about
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Carrie Anne Philbin’s Adventures in Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi, WiFi & old iPhones help creative dad give Tooth Fairy a break – Network World
Raspberry Pi , WiFi & old iPhones help creative dad give Tooth Fairy a break Network World This creative dad puts me to shame: I'm one of those parents who had to scramble to stick a quarter or two under our kids' pillows the morning after they put their teeth under the pillow for the Tooth Fairy to grab. This gent whips up a newfangled … and more
Fireball Pinball HD
We had some requests from people watching the video of What Gordon Did On His Holidays In Florida for more information about the Fireball Pinball machine that was being worked on at Familab, a huge and splendiferous hackspace. I wanted to learn more too, so I got in touch with Ian Cole, who is refurbishing the pinball machine. He’s been kind enough to prepare a blog post about the project, the educational reasons for starting it with his kids, and a blow-by-blow account of the build, along with a huge number of photographs documenting what he’s been doing
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Fireball Pinball HD
Nicholas, some breadboard and a passcode
Nicholas Harris is 11 years old , and he’s been learning to code with a Raspberry Pi. He’s set up a website to share his progress, and yesterday I was pointed at a project video he’d made. Kids like Nicholas are the whole reason we started the Raspberry Pi project: seeing videos like this makes our day, and makes our job feel so worthwhile
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Nicholas, some breadboard and a passcode
Raspberry Pi for Dummies: sample chapter
If you’re wondering about introducing your kids to Scratch, but aren’t quite sure where to start, here’s a handy resource for you.
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Raspberry Pi for Dummies: sample chapter
Oliver and Amelia make a bee box
Oliver is five, and has produced this lovely bee box for school.
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Oliver and Amelia make a bee box
Bringing computing to rural Cameroon
Liz: I was going to post this tomorrow, but it’s so good I just couldn’t wait. We’ve just had some mail from Geert Maertens, from Anzegem in Belgium. He’s been working with a small group of volunteers to raise money to bring computing to a school in a remote area of Cameroon.
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Charlotte Latin girls give a TEDx talk
I met Tom Dubick about a year ago at Hackerspace Charlotte, NC. He teaches engineering to the girls at Charlotte Latin School, and we believe his class was the first to be using the Raspberry Pi in the United States
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Charlotte Latin girls give a TEDx talk
BBC: Cracking the Code
Last week’s Cracking the Code had a segment featuring a very familiar little computer, and a guy with a weather balloon whom you might just recognise. Isn’t it interesting how much more technical detail this kids’ show goes into compared to some of the adult tech news coverage we see on TV? Thanks to everyone involved – especially Dave!
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BBC: Cracking the Code