Dr Lucy Rogers got together with a group of makers at Blackgang Chine, a Theme Park on the Isle of Wight, to take control of their animatronic dinosaurs. She and some helpers first of all taught the makers and staff how…
Category: Education
Jam Packed – a new initiative from Raspberry Jam founder Alan O’Donohoe
Alan O’Donohoe, who (along with Ben Nuttall) started off the whole Raspberry Jam initiative, has started up a new ‘thing’ and called it “Jam Packed“. It is a two-day community computing event aimed at schools and families comprising a “Hack…
RACHEL-Pi – the offline Raspberry Pi bringing education to far-flung locations
RACHEL-Pi is a great project that is being used in remote locations to distribute educational materials. Here’s what Liz Upton has to say about it on the Foundation’s blog: RACHEL is an offline server, run on a Raspberry Pi, full…
New education newsletter from the Raspberry Pi Foundation
Carrie Anne Philbin has just announced on the Raspberry Pi blog that a new newsletter has been launched that will cater for teachers and other educators. You can sign up for the newsletter here and view an archive of all…
Weather station controlled by a Raspberry Pi
Year 12 students Liam and Nico from Howick College, New Zealand, have created a Raspberry Pi-controlled weather station.The Weather Station can log readings from 1 minute upwards. It logs temperature, pressure, humidity, rainfall and wind speed.The logged file and the…
Raspberry Pi CPD for teachers comes to Wales – Picademy Cymru
The Raspberry Pi Foundation have announced that they are to hold a special Picademy in Wales on 19th and 20th November. The event, which is seeking to attract Welsh primary and secondary teachers, is to be run at the Sony…
Raspberry Pi-powered Kano ships and is reviewed
According to Kano, the first 18,000 units of their Pi-powered computing platform for kids have shipped. According to a report on TechCrunch.com by Natasha Lomas, around 1,000 units have already landed with the rest due shortly. (Not terribly sure if…
Nato leaders receive a Raspberry Pi in their goodie bags
At the Nato summit in Newport, Wales, world leaders have been presented with a goody basket of all things Welsh. One of those things is, of course, a Raspberry Pi which is made at Sony’s Pencoed factory. The BBC has the full…
Soldering comes to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam again
This is just a bit of a shout-out to anyone who is thinking of possibly coming to the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on Saturday. Once again we’ll be holding a soldering workshop (weather permitting – well, if it’s not chucking it…
Last few days for Raspberry Pi Picademy applications
If you’re a teacher and you’d like some free Raspberry-flavoured CPD, there’s simply no alternative than to apply for the Picademy. Picademy is a brilliant two-day workshop run by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to kit you out with all the skills…