{"id":16007,"date":"2016-12-05T16:45:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16007"},"modified":"2016-12-05T16:45:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:45:46","slug":"free-online-training-courses-from-the-raspberry-pi-foundation-teach-you-about-physical-computing-and-primary-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16007","title":{"rendered":"Free online training courses from the Raspberry Pi Foundation teach you about physical computing and primary education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/FL-desert-island_v2.gif?resize=560%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Raspberry Pi Foundation has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/announcing-our-new-online-training-series\/\" target=\"_blank\">just announced<\/a> the imminent availability of two online training courses that will help you get started with the Raspberry Pi\u00a0<em>and<\/em> get a certificate at the end of it. The courses are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/physical-computing-raspberry-pi-python\">Teaching Physical Computing with Raspberry Pi and Python<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/teaching-programming-primary-school\">Teaching Programming in Primary Schools<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; particularly for existing primary school teachers looking to broaden their abilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They are both <strong>four-week<\/strong> courses and they commence on <strong>20th February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>I think this is a great idea. It gives the opportunity for qualifications to all those teachers who aren&#8217;t able to (or aren&#8217;t released to) attend a full-on Picademy. It&#8217;s also great news for people like myself who help to run Jams but aren&#8217;t used to delivering workshops\u00a0in a &#8216;teachy&#8217; way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the full announcement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/announcing-our-new-online-training-series\/\" target=\"_blank\">go to the Foundation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Raspberry Pi Foundation has\u00a0just announced the imminent availability of two online training courses that will help you get started with the Raspberry Pi\u00a0and get a certificate at the end of it. 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