{"id":5678,"date":"2013-09-03T09:40:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T09:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=5678"},"modified":"2013-09-03T09:40:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T09:40:24","slug":"looking-back-on-a-two-week-camp-with-a-raspberrypi-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5678","title":{"rendered":"Looking back on a two-week camp with a #RaspberryPi course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.drogon.net\/techcamp-2013-raspberry-pi\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/178.62.14.192\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMGP6231.jpg?w=560\" alt='Techcamp 2013 (Raspberry Pi) | Gordons Projects' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gordon Henderson, of WiringPi fame, has just finished leading a Raspberry Pi course at the Winchester-based Techcamp 2013. He&#8217;s written up his experiences getting the young people programming with Bash, BASIC, Python and Minecraft as well as other activities they took part in.<\/p>\n<p>A great read!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.drogon.net\/techcamp-2013-raspberry-pi\/\">Read all about it here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Henderson, of WiringPi fame, has just finished leading a Raspberry Pi course at the Winchester-based Techcamp 2013. 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