PA Consulting Group ran a competition at the Cambridge Technology Centre on 20th March 2013 in which teams from different age groups competed against each other to win ‘best invention’ prizes. The only stipulation is that the inventions needed to…
Category: Education
Video from the Raspberry Jamboree – Deploying #RaspberryPi in a classroom
Presentation by Alex Bradbury of Cambridge University about the issues schools face in deploying a set of Raspberry Pis in a classroom.
Free #RaspberryPi infographic poster from Circuit Cellar / @Raspberry_Pi
Embedded electronics site Circuit Cellar have teamed up with RS and Elektor and created an excellent free Raspberry Pi poster PDF for download. This link takes you to their page and this link takes you directly to the download. Very nice poster…
Educational robot The Finch gets #RaspberryPi support / @Raspberry_Pi
BirdBrain Technologies‘ robot product, The Finch, has been given support on the Raspberry Pi. Here’s what they say about it on their site: The Finch is a new robot for computer science education. Its design is the result of a…
Raspberry Jamboree – Live webcast tickets on sale for #RaspberryPi enthusiasts
Raspberry Jam-meister Alan O’Donohoe has just set-up an EventBrite event to view a live webcast of the Raspberry Jamboree taking place in Manchester on 9th March: Live Web Cast of Raspberry Jamboree 2013, Sat 09.03.13 – Eventbrite. Tickets are £2.70…
OCR releases more #RaspberryPi resources for education / @Raspberry_Pi
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged that OCR had released a batch of rich, educational material for teachers to use in their ICT lessons. I’ve checked back this morning and they’ve doubled the number of documents available. The new…
Article on the Raspberry Jamboree
Interesting article and interview snippets about the partnership between Jamboree organiser Alan O’Donohoe and CPC/Farnell. CPC partners with ICT teacher Alan O’Donohoe to feed Raspberry Pi to teachers hungry for skills to avoid ICT education crisis | The Drum.
#RaspberryPi Foundation invites contributions to its Demo Table
The Foundation is looking for stuff for it’s demo table! If you’ve got something Raspberry Pi-related you could give them to show off in schools, be it a DIY project or an expansion board that you’d like to get more publicity…
How to Think like a Computer Scientist with Python
InteractivePython.org have created a wonderful article/tutorial to teach basic programming concepts using Python. This is an excellent educational resource. Hello, Little Turtles! — How to Think like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition.
Primary school Scratch-based Code Clubs get Royal approval and ARM cash
I’m cribbing this from Electronics Weekly. “The Duke of York and processor firm ARM have put their shoulders behind Code Club, a nationwide volunteer project to teach programming to 9-11 year-olds in after-school clubs. Thought up by computer scientist Linda…