{"id":16198,"date":"2017-01-09T13:11:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198"},"modified":"2017-01-09T13:11:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:11:39","slug":"raspberry-pi-foundation-launches-first-pioneers-theme-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme &#8211; Comedy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pioneers: the first challenge is...\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OCUzza7LJog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Foundation have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/pioneers-challenge-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">just announced<\/a>\u00a0the first theme for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/pioneers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pioneers<\/a>\u00a0scheme &#8211; comedy! That&#8217;s right, teams must develop and hack together something which will make people laugh!<\/p>\n<p>Pioneers is the Foundation&#8217;s latest attempt to engage with young makers. The scheme is aimed at 12-15 year olds who must form teams to hack, invent and make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foundation have just announced\u00a0the first theme for their Pioneers\u00a0scheme &#8211; comedy! That&#8217;s right, teams must develop and hack together something which will make people laugh! Pioneers is the Foundation&#8217;s latest attempt to engage with young makers. The scheme is&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,22,35,42,48],"tags":[162,163,164],"class_list":["post-16198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-geeky-techiness","category-outreach","category-raspberry-pi","category-silliness","tag-comedy","tag-laughs","tag-pioneers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme - Comedy! - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme - Comedy! - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Foundation have just announced\u00a0the first theme for their Pioneers\u00a0scheme &#8211; comedy! That&#8217;s right, teams must develop and hack together something which will make people laugh! Pioneers is the Foundation&#8217;s latest attempt to engage with young makers. The scheme is&hellip;Read more &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-09T12:11:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\"},\"headline\":\"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme &#8211; Comedy!\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-09T12:11:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\"},\"wordCount\":75,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"comedy\",\"laughs\",\"pioneers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Education\",\"Geeky Techiness\",\"Outreach\",\"Raspberry Pi Foundation\",\"Silliness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme - Comedy! - Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-09T12:11:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme &#8211; Comedy!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"description\":\"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":337,\"caption\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/recantha\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\",\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Horne\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme - Comedy! - Raspberry Pi Pod","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme - Comedy! - Raspberry Pi Pod","og_description":"The Foundation have just announced\u00a0the first theme for their Pioneers\u00a0scheme &#8211; comedy! That&#8217;s right, teams must develop and hack together something which will make people laugh! Pioneers is the Foundation&#8217;s latest attempt to engage with young makers. The scheme is&hellip;Read more &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198","og_site_name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","article_published_time":"2017-01-09T12:11:39+00:00","author":"Michael Horne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@recantha","twitter_site":"@recantha","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Horne"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198"},"author":{"name":"Michael Horne","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263"},"headline":"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme &#8211; Comedy!","datePublished":"2017-01-09T12:11:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198"},"wordCount":75,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["comedy","laughs","pioneers"],"articleSection":["Education","Geeky Techiness","Outreach","Raspberry Pi Foundation","Silliness"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198","name":"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme - Comedy! - Raspberry Pi Pod","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-01-09T12:11:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16198#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme &#8211; Comedy!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","description":"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","width":800,"height":337,"caption":"Raspberry Pi Pod"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","https:\/\/x.com\/recantha","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263","name":"Michael Horne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Horne"},"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2RsaV-4dg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17616,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17616","url_meta":{"origin":16198,"position":0},"title":"New Pioneers task challenges teams to save the world from the apocalypse","author":"Michael Horne","date":"18 September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Attention all Pioneers teams! The world is in danger and \"Only You Can Save Us\". The Raspberry Foundation has announced the next challenge in their Pioneers\u00a0series. You'll have to watch the video below to find out lots more but suffice to say this challenge is of world-saving proportions! You can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Competitions&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Competitions","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pioneers_apocalypse.png?fit=500%2C509&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15910,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15910","url_meta":{"origin":16198,"position":1},"title":"Raspberry Pi Foundation launches Pioneers initiative #MakeYourIdeas","author":"Michael Horne","date":"23 November 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nPP3dfTlLOs The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced the Pioneers programme. For this programme, they're looking for kids aged 12-15 to be digital makers. Makers will form teams\u00a0of up to four people and take on challenges, that the Foundation will set, and then share their projects. The best projects will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Competitions&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Competitions","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/nPP3dfTlLOs\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17676,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17676","url_meta":{"origin":16198,"position":2},"title":"Free London Raspberry Pi Pioneers Hackathon &#8211; 28th-29th October, Notting Hill","author":"Michael Horne","date":"9 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Barclays Eagle Labs in Notting Hill is running a free, two-day hackathon for young makers aged 11-15 - hopefully it's a success because we're relying on these young people to save us from an\u00a0Apocalypse!!! The hackathon is being run to generate an entry or entries for the Raspberry Pi Pioneers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Competitions&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Competitions","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pioneers_logo_blue.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pioneers_logo_blue.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pioneers_logo_blue.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pioneers_logo_blue.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17005,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17005","url_meta":{"origin":16198,"position":3},"title":"Raspberry Pi wins the MacRobert Award, presented at London ceremony","author":"Michael Horne","date":"30 June 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"At a ceremony in London last night, the team behind the Raspberry Pi won a prestigious award: The MacRobert Award. The MacRobert Award is the UK's longest-running and most prestigious national prize for engineering innovation. The award \"recognises outstanding innovation, tangible societal benefit and proven commercial success.\" Beating the two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Competitions&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Competitions","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MacRobert.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MacRobert.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MacRobert.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MacRobert.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MacRobert.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12669,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12669","url_meta":{"origin":16198,"position":4},"title":"Robot gardening workshop sponsored by Raspberry Pi Foundation","author":"Michael Horne","date":"28 May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is the UK's leading media arts centre, based in Liverpool. On Sunday 28th June and Saturday 11th July, they're running a robotic gardening workshop for adult-child teams.\u00a0The Raspberry Pi Foundation has donated 100 limited edition robot kits (including a Raspberry Pi computer, camera,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gardening_board.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gardening_board.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gardening_board.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":274,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=274","url_meta":{"origin":16198,"position":5},"title":"Arduino and Raspberry Pi: We need them in classrooms across the country","author":"Michael Horne","date":"22 October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"From TechZim in Zimbabwe: The world we live in is immensely dependent on technology and that means we require a more technically skilled workforce to produce and maintain the required technology. Imagine if we could give school children cheap computers to play with, learn how to code, and hack some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Raspberry Pi Foundation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Raspberry Pi Foundation","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=42"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techzim.co.zw\/myicons\/techzim_logo.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16199,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16198\/revisions\/16199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}