Teacher, creator of Geek Gurl Diaries and all-round nice person Carrie Anne Philbin has written a new book – “Adventures in Raspberry Pi”. This 256 page book, published by Wiley, will be released on 22nd November and is available to pre-order on Amazon for £8.25 (which is a huge discount on the RRP of £14.99).
More details can be found on Carrie Anne’s blog.
Here’s the book description from Amazon:
Coding for kids is cool with Raspberry Pi and this simple guide Even if your kids don′t have an ounce of computer geek in them, they can learn to code with Raspberry Pi and this wonderful book. Written for 11– to 15–year–olds and assuming no prior computing knowledge, this book uses the wildly successful, low–cost, credit–card–sized Raspberry Pi computer to explain basic computing concepts. Young people will enjoy going through the book′s ten fun projects while they learn basic programming and system administration skills, starting with the very basics of how to plug in the board and turn it on. Each project includes a lively and informative video to reinforce the lessons. It′s perfect for young, eager self–learners—your kids can jump in, set up their Raspberry Pi, and go through the lessons on their own. Written by Carrie Anne Philbin, a high school teacher of computing who advises the U.K. government on the revised ICT Curriculum Teaches 11– to 15–year–olds basic programming and system administration skills using Raspberry Pi Features 10 fun projects accompanied by lively and helpful videos Raspberry Pi is a $35/£25 credit–card–sized computer created by the non–profit Raspberry Pi Foundation; over a million have been sold Help your children have fun and learn computing skills at the same time with Adventures in Raspberry Pi .
