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The official Raspberry Pi magazine
Special education issue 2
EDUCATOR
’S
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RASPBERRY PI
FIND OUT HOW THE
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION
HELPS EDUCATORS TEACH COMPUTING
TEACH AND MAKE WITH
FROM THE MAKERS OF THE
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Contents
Education special issue 2
raspberrypi.org/education
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WHAT IS RASPBERRY PI?
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DIGITAL MAKING REVOLUTION
Find out how it supports a global community of educators
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GET STARTED WITH RASPBERRY PI
The maker movement is revolutionising modern education
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ADVANCING COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Learn about Raspberry Pi’s free resources for educators
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CREATIVE COMPUTING
Find out what schools are doing with the Raspberry Pi
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Get acquainted with the basics of setting up and using the
world’s favourite credit card-sized PC. It’s easier than you think!
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THE STARS OF CODE CLUB
Meet the members of Code Club’s ‘Star Clubs’ network
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HOW TO START A CODE CLUB
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WHAT NOW FOR ASTRO PI?
It’s easy to start a Code Club in your local school or library
Tim Peake might be back home, but the mission continues
THE DIGITAL
MAKING
REVOLUTION
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START YOUR OWN
CODE CLUB
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SKYCADEMY: TAKE TO THE SKIES
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Help your students reach the edge of space
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THE ORACLE WEATHER STATION
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How 1,000 Pi-powered weather stations are being used
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RASPBERRY JAMS
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PICADEMY
Learn about our free teacher training initiative
The perfect community event to celebrate digital making
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Find out how the maker
movement is revolutionising the
way modern education is being
taught around the world
Code Club is a nationwide network
of volunteer-led after-school coding
clubs for children aged 9-11
FREE COMPUTING RESOURCES
CODE WITH
MINECRAFT
GET STARTED WITH
EXPLORER HAT PRO
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CAMERA MODULE
Take pictures and video on your Pi
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PHYSICAL
COMPUTING
WITH
SCRATCH
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GPIO ZERO
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SONIC PI
Code music on the Raspberry Pi
Basic electronics projects made easy
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MAGIC 8 BALL
Program your own in easy steps
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PI & MICRO:BIT
Use the micro:bit with Raspberry Pi
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Welcome
WELCOME
TO THE RASPBERRY PI
COMMUNITY
Find out how the Raspberry Pi Foundation
supports a global community of educators
and how you can get involved
T
he chances are that you’ve heard about
Raspberry Pi, the low-cost, credit card-sized
computer that was developed to encourage
kids to learn how to code. We launched the world’s
first $35 computer in 2012. By the time of our fourth
birthday in February 2016, we’d sold over eight million
and helped kick-start a global movement to create the
next generation of digital makers.
What’s perhaps less well known is that the
Raspberry Pi Foundation is much more than a computer
company. We’re a UK-based educational charity with
a mission to put the power of digital making into the
hands of people all over the world. One of the ways
that we pursue this mission is by providing low-cost,
high-powered computers, but it isn’t all we do.
A global community of educators
At the heart of Raspberry Pi is a global community
of educators who are working inside and outside
the classroom to inspire young people to get
creative with technology. Our job is to provide
that community with the support that they need.
One of the ways we do this is by developing high-
quality teaching resources and projects, many
of which don’t require a Raspberry Pi computer.
They have all been designed by educators, and are
available for free.
We’re proud to be part of a movement which
aims to empower people to shape their world
More than a computer company
Over the past three years, we’ve also trained
hundreds of Raspberry Pi Certified Educators
through our Picademy programme of free
professional development. It has been amazing
for us to see so many of those Certified Educators
go on to support other educators to develop their
practice, whether as CAS master teachers, by
organising meet-ups, or by creating and sharing
their own resources. This is the most exciting part of
our work: seeing the community of educators grow
and support each other. We’re constantly inspired by
what they do.
We’re proud to be part of a movement which aims to
empower people to shape their world through digital
technologies. If you’re not involved already, then I
hope you’ll be inspired to take the first steps.
Because we’re a charity, we’re able to use any and all
profits that we generate from our commercial activity
to invest in educational programmes and outreach,
resources, training and support for educators, and
building a global community that shares our mission.
Through our network of Code Clubs (see page 22),
we’re making sure that opportunities to get involved
in digital making are as widely available as possible,
mobilising a huge community of volunteers and
educators in the process.
Through programmes like Astro Pi (see page 52),
we’re helping to make computing more relevant to
young people who might not have thought that digital
making was for them, but who are excited by human
space exploration. We’re doing the same with music,
nature, and the arts, taking a deliberately cross-
curricular approach to engage young people with very
different interests.
Philip Colligan,
CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation
raspberrypi.org/education
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Feature
DIGITAL
IN EDUCATION
The digital maker movement, a mix of traditional artisan arts and crafts
combined with computer programming and electronics, has been taking
the world by storm. Its ethos of tinkering and inventing is being used
in the classroom to inspire a whole new generation of makers
devices, are unlike the traditional computers
you’d find in classrooms up and down the
country. Rather than a hermetically sealed box,
designed specifically to prevent a student from
poking and prodding around with the internal
components, you are presented with a single-board
computer with all the parts exposed. This design
decision is not an accident.
We want to demystify computers, to allow children
to see that there’s nothing to be afraid of, to show
them exactly where the operating system can be
found, and to let them experiment with controlling
electronics using the Pi’s General-Purpose Input/
MAKING
REVOLUTION
R
aspberry Pi computers, and other similar
HACKATHONS
Hackathons are events at which groups of individuals will build a
digital product from scratch, often over a single 24-hour period.
Fuelled by pizza and soda, as well as by their own enthusiasm,
students can work together to build anything from internet-connected
Christmas trees to the next great social networking app. The events
are competitive but very supportive, and always lots of fun.
Hackathons are a great way to encourage creativity, problem-
solving, and teamwork within the sphere of computing and digital
making. There are plenty of student hackathons organised all over
the country, and
mlh.io
is a good place to start if you’re looking for
an event near you.
Output (GPIO) pins.
The design also poses questions for teachers who
wish to deploy Raspberry Pi computers in their
classrooms. Do you have them as fixed pieces of
equipment, permanently attached to power supplies,
keyboards, and mice? Do you use cases, and if so,
which one do you choose? Do you give students their
own SD card, or should they share? How do you keep
the software up to date and ensure that students can
always access their work?
These are all natural concerns, especially if you
come from a traditional teaching background, but
perhaps the first question you should be asking
yourself is ‘How do I make computing more engaging
and relevant for my students?’
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DIGITAL MAKING REVOLUTION IN EDUCATION
Invent to learn
A recent Nesta report found huge positivity towards
digital making: 82% of young people say they are
interested in digital making and their parents are
overwhelmingly supportive. As regards parents, 89%
think digital making is a worthwhile activity for their
children, and 73% encourage their children to make
things with technology.
So how can you tap into this wealth of enthusiasm
in your classroom? The first step is not to worry too
much about the practicalities of using hardware such
as the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or BBC micro:bit. Things
are going to get messy, no matter which platform you
use, but that’s part of the learning process for you and
your students. In recent years, much has been made of
the long-forgotten art of tinkering. Children have been
encouraged to not break anything, but this is essential
to discovering what works and what doesn’t. The word
‘fail’ in digital making is used as an acronym for ‘first
attempt in learning’.
By bringing physical computing devices into the
classroom, students gain from learning how to set kit
up themselves, including monitors, keyboards, and
mice. Playing with breadboards, buttons, and other
electronic components teaches students to not be
afraid of technology.
Feature
RASPBERRY JAMS
Raspberry Jams are community-organised events with a focus on
digital making and the Raspberry Pi computer. Jams are filled with
talks, show-and-tell sessions, and workshops, all showcasing the
wonderful, useful and often wacky projects that can be created with
a Raspberry Pi, a little skill, and a lot of creativity. If you’re interested
in attending a Jam near you, then check out
raspberrypi.org/jam
for a list of upcoming events.
student interpreted the brief differently and used varying
techniques to solve the problem.”
Tackling the digital divide
Computing skills can provide opportunities for
social mobility. A recent Naace report on Computing
in the National Curriculum discusses this, noting
that: “those who excel... are in high demand across
large parts of the economy”. The report advises
How the Foundation supports makers
Bringing the maker movement into the classroom is one
of the charitable aims of The Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Our team of experienced educators write fun, engaging,
and flexible learning resources, all of which are linked
82% of young people say they are interested in digital
making and their parents are overwhelmingly supportive
that it’s important to ensure that all pupils have the
opportunity to study outside the classroom. Free
and/or open-source software and low-cost hardware
massively lower the barriers to participation in
computing. Raspberry Pi Certified Educator James
Robinson explains:
“We asked our GCSE class to purchase Raspberry Pi
computers to use both at home and at school and, where
appropriate, we were able to use pupil premium funds to
support students. This meant that our entire cohort had
their own general-purpose computer they could use for
classwork, but more importantly for their own projects.
“Once all the students had access to identical
hardware, we were able to set much more challenging,
open-ended, and engaging tasks. We used some
lessons to cover the basics of programming a
Minecraft world while students worked on project-
based homework. The results were fantastic: each
to curriculum objectives. They are published under a
Creative Commons licence that gives you the flexibility
to adapt them to suit your needs. We also provide free
professional development for teachers worldwide
through our Picademy programme. You can learn more
about our training initiatives on page 58.
We’ve sent two Pis and Sense HATs to the International
Space Station as part of British ESA Astronaut Tim
Peake’s Principia mission. In 2015 we also gave away
1,000 Raspberry Pi weather stations worldwide for
students to build, program, and collect data. We also
work closely with developers and academics to build
education-tailored applications like Sonic Pi, a cross-
platform programming and music-making tool.
Keen to find out more and get involved? Visit our
education webpage for access to news, events, free
resources, our educator community, maker project
articles, and much more!
rpf.io/edu
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