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The Wolfram Language and Mathematica on Raspberry Pi, for free

One of the best things about working on Raspberry Pi has been the opportunity to meet groups of people who are trying to bring about the same sort of change in the teaching of other subjects that we’re aiming for in computing. One great example is the computer-based math (s) (CBM) movement, which aims to redefine the teaching of mathematics in schools away from mechanical calculation and towards problem solving. From their website: The importance of math to jobs, society, and thinking has exploded over the last few decades

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One millionth Raspberry Pi manufactured – DigitalJournal.com

One millionth Raspberry Pi manufactured DigitalJournal.com The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools. Although first developed in 2006, the models became

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Raspberry Pi backs launch of online computing courses to teach tech skills – V3.co.uk

Raspberry Pi backs launch of online computing courses to teach tech skills V3.co.uk The first massive open online course (MOOC) intended to assist in the teaching and learning of the UK's computing curriculum has been launched. The course, set up through a joint partnership between exam board OCR, Cambridge University Press and the

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Raspberry Pi, Cambridge University Press and OCR team up for free computing … – Cambridge News

Raspberry Pi , Cambridge University Press and OCR team up for free computing … Cambridge News A boost has been delivered to the teaching of computing in schools after three Cambridge institutions teamed up to offer free lessons for all

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Learning Python using Codecademy and Raspberry Pi Minecraft: a resource of great note

I met Craig Richardson at Nottingham Maker Faire and we got to talking about teaching using Raspberry Pi Minecraft. For a while I’d harboured a plan to write some proper teaching resources for it and had scribbled a few notes but hadn’t had time to develop it. Craig had had the same idea – yes, it was just like Darwin and Wallace – and we decided to get our heads together.

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PiCloud Is A Model Cloud Made Of Raspberry Pi & LEGO For Teaching Students … – TechCrunch

PiCloud Is A Model Cloud Made Of Raspberry Pi & LEGO For Teaching Students … TechCrunch Is there aught the Raspberry Pi can't do? Here's another interesting implementation of the $35 microcromputer — or rather a stack of 56 Pis, linked together to form what its creators have called PiCloud, using LEGO bricks as bespoke racks for the Pi …

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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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