Alex Eames has been looking at recent updates to the Python library everybody uses, RPi.GPIO, and has noticed something. The old variable RPI_REVISION has been deprecated (replaced) by something more useful: RPI_INFO. This new variable outputs a Python dictionary detailing…
Category: Picademy
Picademy comes to Birmingham
The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s free CPD for educators is coming to Birmingham. The sessions, which will be led by Martin O’Hanlon, will be held at the latest Google Digital Garage which is located inside Birmingham Library. The following dates are available: 27th…
Raspberry Pi Foundation announces Picademy USA
Great news today – Picademy is going to the USA! Based at The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, Picademy USA will be made up of 4 sessions, each hoping to reach 25 US educators. This will be a free, hands-on…
Picademy comes home to Cambridge for July’s CPD course
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the next Picademy course, and it’s in Cambridge. As you can see from the graphic above, it takes place on 13th-14th July. Picademy is the brilliant concept that takes teachers through using the Raspberry Pi…
Great write-up of Picademy
A group of educators had a great time at Picademy just recently. Elani McDonald has done a lovely write-up of her experiences over on her blog. Read it here.
Raspberry Pi Picademy goes South West
In the past few months, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has put a lot effort into making their free CPD course for teachers, known as Picademy, portable so that they can take it on the road. Their next two-day event will…
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches new Picademy@Google initiative
The Foundation has just announced a new programme of Picademy training at a centre in Leeds. Picademy@Google will take place on the dates shown below at a pop-up space known as a “Digital Garage”: 21st – 22nd May 2015 8th –…
Raspberry Pi education CPD Picademy goes up North
Picademy, the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s continuing professional development course for teachers, is going to York. The National STEM Centre is hosting the event which is taking place on the 26th and 27th May. If you are a teacher and you want to…
PiGlove Raspberry Pi project creator interviewed
Linux User and Developer has interviewed maker Dan Aldred about his PiGlove project. It’s a glove that has buttons in the fingertips that send commands to an attached Raspberry Pi. We were lucky enough to have Dan at the Big Birthday…
Successful training for teachers at Raspberry Pi Picademy
Spencer Organ, better known on Twitter by his handle @Mruktechreviews, has posted up about his experience at Picademy this week. He describes everything about his time at Pi Towers, including the activities the teachers got up to, the training sessions, the…