{"id":5312,"date":"2013-07-25T15:32:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T15:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2013-07-25T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T15:32:26","slug":"why-programming-matters-with-clive-beale-of-the-raspberrypi-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5312","title":{"rendered":"Why programming matters with Clive Beale of the #RaspberryPi Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media-network\/media-network-blog\/video\/2013\/jul\/24\/clive-beale-raspberry-pi-video\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Guardian_Activate_Microsite_940x94-21.gif' alt='Clive Beale of Raspberry Pi Foundation discusses the importance of coding \u2013 video | Media Network | Guardian Professional' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great video from the Activate Summit in London. Clive Beale, the Foundation&#8217;s director of educational development, talks to the conference about the importance of encouraging young people to explore coding and programming. He uses the Pi as an example of a toolkit to promote technological exploration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media-network\/media-network-blog\/video\/2013\/jul\/24\/clive-beale-raspberry-pi-video\">Watch the video here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great video from the Activate Summit in London. Clive Beale, the Foundation&#8217;s director of educational development, talks to the conference about the importance of encouraging young people to explore coding and programming. 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