Scouts are logging on to computer coding Express THEY’RE known for camping and tying knots but now the Scouts have started teaching computer coding to attract more to the movement.
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Scouts are logging on to computer coding – Express
Six months ago, we announced our partnership with the Scout Association in the UK: we launched the new Digital Maker Staged Activity Badge, releasing new badge requirements , along with resources for stages 1 and 2, to help tens of thousands of young people learn how to create with technology.
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UK Scouts! New resources to support the Digital Maker badge
Today we’re launching a new partnership between the Scouts and the Raspberry Pi Foundation that will help tens of thousands of young people learn crucial digital skills for life. In this blog post, I want to explain what we’ve got planned, why it matters, and how you can get involved. This is personal First, let me tell you why this partnership matters to me
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Working with the Scout Association on digital skills for life
As well as working with classroom teachers and supporting learning in schools, Raspberry Pi brings computing and digital making to educators and learners in all sorts of other settings. I recently attended Wintercamp , a camp for Scouts at Gilwell Park. With some help from Brian and Richard from Vodafone, I ran a Raspberry Pi activity space introducing Scouts to digital making with Raspberry Pi, using the Sense HAT, the Camera Module, and GPIO, based on some of our own learning resources
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Raspberry Pi at Scouts Wintercamp