Cambridge Eagle Lab is holding a Mini Maker Day on Wednesday, 6th April from 10am-1pm for young people who would like to explore making. An opportunity to generate ideas, solve problems and make artistic and practical objects in our creative…
Category: Education
Raspberry Pi Foundation resource for science lessons with the SenseHAT
The Foundation has written and published a wonderful resource that uses the SenseHAT and camera module to carry out scientific experiments. These experiments are an ideal cross-curriculum resource for schools that want to introduce computing into science lessons (or vice…
Picademy launches in the USA
On February 27th and 28th, 2016 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, the very first Picademy USA will be launched. This is a fantastic opportunity for American educators to get taught how to use the Raspberry Pi,…
The Raspberry Pi Foundation at Bett 2016
At the end of January (20th-23rd), the Raspberry Pi Education Team will be at the Bett Show at ExCel, London. They will be near the STEAM Village on stand 463 and they are offering the opportunity to take part in STEAM (the new…
Learn how to use the Raspberry Pi and the Internet of Things on this free course
Initial State, who I’ve blogged about before, host an Internet of Things service that allows you to send data to it and then visualise that data using their dashboard tools. They have now written a course based around their service…
South London Raspberry Jam – Autism and Tourette’s friendly – seeks funding
Grace Owolade-Coombes and her son Femi (who recently braved CamJam and did a talk about Festival of Code) are planning to hold a Raspberry Jam in South London on 17th October. This will be a very special Jam – it…
Matt Richardson talks AstroPi, SenseHAT and Raspberry Pis
Here’s a quick video from Matt Richardson, the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s ‘man in the States’. In it he talks about AstroPi, the SenseHAT and sending them up into space. It’s all in aid of getting kids interested in coding. He…
Raspberry Pi space invaders comes to Cambridge Makespace
The workshops run by HackLab UK are among the newest additions to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam and have so far also proven to be the most popular and successful. This Saturday (26th), HackLab will be at the Cambridge Makespace at…
The Pi Podcast interviews Cat Lamin and spreads Raspberry Pi news
This time, The Pi Podcast guys have interviewed Cat Lamin about her Coding Evening initiative which aims to bring together educators and professional technologists. As well as the interview, the Podcast is packed with Pi news including the new touchscreen…
Raspberry Pi goes to Estonia
Following a successful trip to Estonia in February, the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in the guide of Ben Nuttall, has returned to deliver Raspberry Pi kits to schools. You can read more about the two trips over at the Foundation.