{"id":11498,"date":"2014-11-24T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11498"},"modified":"2014-11-24T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:48:28","slug":"arkansas-students-receive-raspberry-pi-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11498","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas students receive Raspberry Pi computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.arkansas-catholic.org\/photos\/4059\/1122-fts-pi-computer-pic.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sixth-grade students at St. Boniface School, Fort Smith, Arkansas have just received gifts of Raspberry Pi computers in an effort to get them learning about computer programming and electronics. 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