Allen Heard went to the Picademy this past week and has done an excellent write-up on all the activities they got up to. Read it here
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Picademy – #RaspberryPi Foundation course write-up
Lenny Dutton has just completed the first Picademy course run by the Raspberry Pi Foundation at their Cambridge headquarters. She’s written extensively about the experience on her blog. Very good reading for those who are interested in the steps the…
Picademy Day One write-up – #RaspberryPi teacher CPD at Pi Towers!
Teacher Sway Grantham was one of the lucky ones who got a place on Picademy – a brand new 2-day course for teachers run by the folks at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Foundation has recently moved into a spacious…
RasPiO launches updated Portsplus GPIO reference board to fit Raspberry Pi 3B+ – Special offer!
Free online training courses from the Raspberry Pi Foundation teach you about physical computing and primary education
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced the imminent availability of two online training courses that will help you get started with the Raspberry Pi and get a certificate at the end of it. The courses are: Teaching Physical Computing with Raspberry…
Charming website shows what to do with your Raspberry Pi
9-year old Aoibheann Mangan from County Mayo in Ireland has created a lovely website with tips for how to get going with your Raspberry Pi and some great features on the CamJam EduKit and Picademy, which her mum, a primary…
Skycademy 2016 announced – Raspberry Pi high altitude ballooning CPD
James Robinson has just announced that this year’s Skycademy will take place on Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th August. Skycademy is a FREE two-and-a-half day Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event aiming to provide experience of high altitude ballooning to educators,…
RPi.GPIO Python library for the Raspberry Pi undergoes a change
Alex Eames has been looking at recent updates to the Python library everybody uses, RPi.GPIO, and has noticed something. The old variable RPI_REVISION has been deprecated (replaced) by something more useful: RPI_INFO. This new variable outputs a Python dictionary detailing…
New Raspberry Pi CEO sets off office burglar alarm
Philip Colligan is the new CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation (the charitable bit) and is looking forward to seeing in what direction he can take the Foundation forward. In the latest blog post on the Foundation’s website, Philip tells us about…
Teachers get together to learn about coding in class at Coding Evenings
Cat Lamin, who is a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator (and all round nice person), has been holding “Coding Evenings” several times over the last six months in which teachers and experts get together to discuss and learn about coding in the classroom.…