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Hello World issue 2: celebrating ten years of Scratch

We are very excited to announce that issue 2 of Hello World is out today! Hello World is our magazine about computing and digital making, written by educators, for educators. It  is a collaboration between the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Computing at School , part of the British Computing Society . We’ve been extremely fortunate to be granted an exclusive interview with Mitch Resnick , Leader of the Scratch Team at MIT, and it’s in the latest issue. All around the world, educators and enthusiasts are celebrating ten years of Scratch, MIT’s block-based programming language. Scratch has helped millions of people to learn the building blocks of computer programming through play, and is our go-to tool at Code Clubs everywhere

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#CharityTuesday: Code Club in Scotland

Continuing the coverage of our new Code Club videos on YouTube, here’s our second #CharityTuesday blog post. To offer a little more information on the themes of each video, we’ll be releasing #CharityTuesday blog posts for each of our new Code Club videos. This time, we are covering the amazing success of Code Clubs in Scotland

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Boost for Raspberry Pi club at Holy Cross School – Uckfield News

Uckfield News Boost for Raspberry Pi club at Holy Cross School Uckfield News Five cars and wireless Raspberry Pi hard drives that will turn them into remote control vehicles have been presented to Holy Cross Primary School in Uckfield.

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Uckfield News Boost for Raspberry Pi club at Holy Cross School | Uckfield News Uckfield News Five cars and wireless Raspberry Pi hard drives that will turn them into remote control vehicles have been presented to Holy Cross Primary School in Uckfield. and more »

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Pi Wars 2017 is just a few days away!

On 1-2  April, Cambridge Raspberry Jam will be hosting Pi Wars 2017 , the latest iteration of their successful robotics challenge competition. For those unfamiliar with the setup, Pi Wars contestants use home-brew Raspberry Pi-powered robots to compete across seven challenge courses. There’s also a host of other categories, including prizes for Artistic and Technical Merit, as well as an award for ‘Funniest Robot’! With only a few days to go until the big weekend, we’ve wrangled Pi Wars 2017 hosts, Mike and Tim, to give us the lowdown on everything you need to know before the main event

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Bringing Digital Making to the Bett Show 2017

The Cambridge office must have been very quiet last week, as staff from across the Raspberry Pi Foundation exhibited at the Bett Show 2017 . Avid readers will note that at the UK’s largest educational technology event, held in London across four days, we tend to go all out . This year was no exception, as we had lots to share with you! Hello World It was hugely exciting to help launch Hello World , our latest joint publication with Computing At School (CAS), part of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT , and sponsored by BT .

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Hello World – a new magazine for educators

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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Join our workshops and talks at Bett 2017

Next week brings another opportunity for educators to visit the Raspberry Pi Foundation at Bett 2017 , the huge annual EdTech event in London. We’ll be at ExCeL London from 25-28 January, and we’ll be running more than 50 workshops and talks over the four days. Whether you’re a school teacher or a community educator, there’s something for you: visit our stand (G460) to discover ways to bring the power of digital making to your classroom and beyond.

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