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- Young children have a unique perspective on the world they live in. They often seem oblivious to what’s going on around them, but then they will ask a question that makes you realise they did get some insight from a news story or a conversation they overheard. This happened to me with a class of… … Continue reading →
- Lots of kids are excited about robotics, and we have the free resources you need to help your children start making robots. What’s a robot anyway? Did you know that the concept of robotics dates back to ancient Greece, where a mathematician built a self-propelled flying pigeon to understand bird flight? Today, we have robots… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, A couple of cute mini robots have graced the blog over the last couple of weeks. One mastered dropping a straw in a glass, and the other did a brilliant Mars rover impression. We also met two brilliant makers: Anna Ploszajski and Geeky Faye. Both are multi-material polymaths with great stories to tell. You’ll… … Continue reading →
- Our most recent episode of Digital Making at Home was all about using our digital making skills to… … Continue reading →
- What happens when you combine your Raspberry Pi with a pack of M&M’s? You get a Raspberry Pi–powered… … Continue reading →
- Hola, We likedthe inspiration behind Amol Deshmukh’s Raspberry Pi–powered social robot, which encourages children to wash their hands properly. They hope to roll out similar robots across schools in India to reduce bacteria-related illnesses in children. Caroline Dunn showed us how to jazz up your face mask and express yourself with a scrolling text panel.… … Continue reading →
- Join us for Digital Making at Home: this week, young people can build a Raspberry Pi robot buggy with us! Through Digital Making at Home, we invite kids all over the world to code and make along with us and our new videos every week. So get your Raspberry Pi, wheels, wires, and breadboards ready!… … Continue reading →
- How goes it? We’ve featured a bajillion new projects from our community on the Raspberry Pi blog this week, and we’ve shared them all here for you to try them yourself. Whether you’re into robotics, fitness, time lapses, or stop-motion animation, there’s something for you in this issue of Raspberry Pi Weekly. Our Digital Making… … Continue reading →
- Umbrella trees, giant mushrooms, and tiny museums. A light-up Lovelace, LED cubes, LED eyelashes, and LED coding (we have a bit of a thing for LEDs). Magic cocktails, melted ice creams, and the coolest hot dog around. Face paint masterpieces, swag bags, and bingo. More stickers than a laptop can cope with, a flock of… … Continue reading →
- In this resource you will make a robot which beeps and has a flashing antenna using a Raspberry Pi. … Continue reading →
- We work with mission-aligned educational organisations all over the world to support young people’s computing education. In 2023 we established four partnerships in Kenya and South Africa with organisations Coder:LevelUp, Blue Roof, Oasis Mathare, and Tech Kidz Africa, which support young people in underserved communities. Our shared goal is to support educators to establish and… … Continue reading →
- As educators, it’s important that we showcase the wide range of career opportunities available in the field of computing, not only to inspire learners, but also to help them feel sure they’re choosing to study a subject that is useful for their future. For example, a survey from the BBC in September 2023 found that… … Continue reading →
- One of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s core values is our focus on impact. This means that we are committed to learning from the best available evidence, and to being rigorous and transparent about the difference we’re making. Like many charities, an important part of our approach to achieving and measuring our impact is our theory… … Continue reading →
- Big news for young coders and everyone who supports them: project registration is now open for Coolest Projects 2024! Coolest Projects is our global technology showcase for young people aged up to 18. It gives young creators the incredible opportunity to share the cool stuff they’ve made with digital technology with a global audience, and… … Continue reading →
- Everyone who has taught children before will know the excited gleam in their eyes when the lessons include something to interact with physically. Whether it’s printed and painstakingly laminated flashcards, laser-cut models, or robots, learners’ motivation to engage with the topic will increase along with the noise levels in the classroom. However, these hands-on activities… … Continue reading →
- With the rapid advances in digital technologies like artificial intelligence, it’s more important than ever that every young person has the opportunity to learn how computers are being used to change the world and to develop the skills and confidence to get creative with technology. There’s no better way to develop those abilities (super powers… … Continue reading →
- The day after the successful meetup with our Global Clubs Partner organisations based in Africa, our team and some of our partners enjoyed participating in the Coolest Projects South Africa 2023 event to meet young tech creators and help out as project judges. Here are some of our impressions. A day of Coolest Projects This… … Continue reading →
- Big news for young tech creators: Coolest Projects will return in 2024. The world’s leading showcase for young creators of digital tech will be open for registration in the online gallery, and we want young people worldwide to showcase their tech projects. In 2024, we are hosting the Coolest Projects online showcase and livestream celebration… … Continue reading →
- I am delighted to announce that the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind are building a global network of educational organisations to bring AI literacy to teachers and students all over the world, starting with Canada, Kenya, and Romania. Experience AI We launched Experience AI in September 2022 to help teachers and students learn about… … Continue reading →
- The UK Bebras Challenge is back and ready to accept entries from schools for its annual event, which runs from 6 to 17 November. More than 3 million students from 59 countries took part in the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge in 2022. In the UK alone, over 365,000 students participated. Read on to find out… … Continue reading →
- In the 2023 Coolest Projects online showcase, 5801 young people from all over the world shared the wonderful, fun, and creative things they had made with technology. But that’s not all we’ve seen of Coolest Projects this year. As well as our worldwide annual online showcase, a number of in-person Coolest Projects events are taking… … Continue reading →
- Celebrate another year of young people’s computer programs in space with us: today we and our collaborators at the European Space Agency can finally announce the winning and highly commended teams in this year’s Astro Pi Mission Space Lab. Mission Space Lab: Young people’s experiments in space In Mission Space Lab, teams of young people… … Continue reading →
- An absolutely huge congratulations to each and every single young creator who participated in Coolest Projects 2023, our digital technology showcase for young people! 5801 young people from 37 countries took part. This year’s participants made projects that entertained, inspired, and wowed us — creators showcased everything from robotic arms to platformer games. We celebrated… … Continue reading →
- Over 15000 teams of young people from across Europe had their computer programs run on board the International Space Station (ISS) this month as part of this year’s European Astro Pi Challenge. Astro Pi is run in collaboration by us and ESA Education, and offers two ways to get involved: Mission Zero and Mission Space… … Continue reading →
- How do we teach our youngest learners digital and computing skills? Hello World‘s issue 21 will focus on this question and all things primary school computing education. We’re excited to share this new issue with you on Tuesday 30 May. Today we’re giving you a taste by sharing an article from it, written by our… … Continue reading →
- Today is officially Pi Day. While 14 March is an opportunity for our American friends to celebrate the mathematical constant Pi, we are also very happy to make this day a chance to say a massive thank you to everyone who supports the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s work through their generous donations. More than computers You… … Continue reading →
- Why are computing systems at the heart of our computing curriculum design? Senior Learning Manager Sway Grantham from the Foundation team explains in her article from the brand-new issue of Hello World, our free magazine for computing educators, out today. Whether you plan lessons on a Computing topic, develop curriculum content, or even write curriculum… … Continue reading →
- In our first seminar of 2023, we were delighted to welcome Dr Katie Rich and Carla Strickland. They spoke to us about teaching the programming construct of variables in Grade 3 and 4 (age 8 to 10). We are hearing from a diverse range of speakers in our current series of monthly online research seminars… … Continue reading →
- Welcome to 2023. I hope that you had a fantastic 2022 and that you’re looking forward to an even better year ahead. To help get the year off to a great start, I thought it might be fun to share a few of the things that we’ve got planned for 2023. Whether you’re a teacher,… … Continue reading →
- Over the past months, we’ve been working with two partner organisations, Team4Tech and Kenya Connect, to support computing education across the rural county of Machakos, Kenya. Working in rural Kenya In line with our 2025 strategy, we have started work to improve computing education for young people in Kenya and South Africa. We are especially… … Continue reading →
- We are so excited to share another story from the community! Our series of community stories takes you across the world to hear from young people and educators who are engaging with creating digital technologies in their own personal ways. In this story we introduce you to Selin, a digital maker from Istanbul, Turkey, who… … Continue reading →
- Coding, or computer programming, is a way of writing instructions so that computers can complete tasks. Those instructions can be as simple as ‘move a toy robot forwards for three seconds and then make a beep’, or more complicated instructions, such as ‘check the weather in my local area and then adjust the heating in… … Continue reading →
- I am delighted to announce a new collaboration between the Raspberry Pi Foundation and a leading AI company, DeepMind, to inspire the next generation of AI leaders. The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s mission is to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. Our vision is that every… … Continue reading →
- It’s been an incredible year for the European Astro Pi Challenge. We’ve sent new hardware into space, seen record numbers of young people participate in the Challenge, and received lots of fantastic programs. Before we say goodbye to the 2021/22 European Astro Pi Challenge, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the European Space Agency are thrilled… … Continue reading →
- In our current series of research seminars, we are exploring how computing can be connected to other subjects using cross-disciplinary approaches. In July 2022, our speakers were Professor Yasmin Kafai from the University of Pennsylvania and Elaine Griggs, an award-winning teacher from Pembroke High School, Massachusetts, and we heard about their use of e-textiles to… … Continue reading →
- With our online courses programme, launched in 2017, we made it our mission to provide computing educators with the best possible free training we can design. Five years on, here are some of the key stats about the courses’ impact: We’ve produced and launched 35 free online courses We’ve created over 650 educational course videos … … Continue reading →
- We love being able to share how young people across the world are getting creative with technology and solving problems that matter to them. That’s why we put together a series of films that celebrate the personal stories of young tech creators. For our next story, we met up with young digital maker Jay in… … Continue reading →
- Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost microcontroller that can be connected to another computer to be programmed using MicroPython. We think it’s a great tool for exploring physical computing in classrooms and coding clubs. Pico has been available since last year, amid school closures, reopenings, isolation periods, and restrictions for students and teachers. Recently, I… … Continue reading →
- Between September 2021 and March 2022, we’ve been partnering with The Alan Turing Institute to host a series of free research seminars about how to young people about AI and data science. In the final seminar of the series, we were excited to hear from Stefania Druga from the University of Washington, who presented on… … Continue reading →
- We are excited to announce our second new Python learning path, ‘More Python’, which shows young coders how to add real data to their programs while creating projects from a chart of Olympic medals to an interactive world map. The six guided Python projects in this free learning path are designed to enable young people… … Continue reading →
- Ten years ago, Raspberry Pi started shipping its first computers in order to inspire young people to reimagine the role of technology in their lives. What started with a low-cost, high-performance computer has grown into a movement of millions of people of all ages and backgrounds. Today, Raspberry Pi is the UK’s best-selling computer, and… … Continue reading →
- It’s time for young tech creators to share with the world what they’ve made! Coolest Projects Global 2022 registration is NOW OPEN. Starting today, young people can register their technology creation on the Coolest Projects Global website, where it will be featured in the online showcase gallery for the whole world to see. By registering… … Continue reading →
- Are you curious about coding and computer programming but don’t know how to begin? Do you want to help your children at home, or learners in your school, with their digital skills, but you’re not very confident yet? Then our new, free, and on-demand online course Introduction to Programming with Scratch course is a fun,… … Continue reading →
- For those of us living in the USA, February is Black History Month, our month-long celebration of Black history. This is an occasion to highlight the amazing accomplishments of Black Americans through time. Simply put, the possibilities are endless! Black history touches every area of our lives, and it is so important that we seize… … Continue reading →
- What is AI thinking? What concepts should we introduce to young people related to AI, including machine learning (ML), and data science? Should we teach with a glass-box or an opaque-box approach? These are the questions we’ve been grappling with since we started our online research seminar series on AI education at the Raspberry Pi… … Continue reading →
- It’s time to start your countdown! Young people from all over the world will soon be invited to share their digital creations at Coolest Projects Global 2022, our world-leading online technology showcase event for young creators. In mid-February, project registration opens for a new and improved, online-only experience. Through Coolest Projects Global, young creators can… … Continue reading →
- AI is a broad and rapidly developing field of technology. Our goal is to make sure all young people have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to use and create AI systems. So what should AI education in schools look like? To hear a range of insights into this, we organised a panel discussion as part… … Continue reading →
- Today we are introducing you to Code Club World — a free online platform where young people aged 9 to 13 can learn to make stuff with code. In Code Club World, young people can: Start out by creating their personal robot avatar Make music, design a t-shirt, and teach their robot avatar to dance!… … Continue reading →
- As so many CoderDojos around the world, our office-based CoderDojo hadn’t been able to bring learners together in person since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. So we decided that our first time back in the Raspberry Pi Foundation headquarters should be something special. Having literally just launched the new Raspberry Pi Build HAT for… … Continue reading →
- We are inviting you all to a very special event this week: the CoderDojo team is hosting a 10th birthday livestream to celebrate the CoderDojo community and all that they have achieved over the last ten years. Everyone is welcome, so mark your diary and make sure you and your favourite young coders join us… … Continue reading →
- Join our free online course Introduction to Machine Learning and AI to discover the fundamentals of machine learning and learn to train your own machine learning models using free online tools. Although artificial intelligence (AI) was once the province of science fiction, these days you’re very likely to hear the term in relation to new… … Continue reading →
- I am delighted to announce the launch of raspberrypi.com — a new website dedicated to Raspberry Pi computers and associated technologies. Head on over to find all about our low-cost, high-performance PCs, add-on boards or HATs, microcontrollers, accessories, and much more. As well as being able to learn about and purchase the full range of… … Continue reading →
- Our mission at the Raspberry Pi Foundation is to help learners get creative with technology and develop the skills and confidence they need to make things that matter to them using code and physical computing. One of the ways in which we do this is by offering learners a catalogue of more than 250 free… … Continue reading →
- Between September 2021 and March 2022, we’re partnering with The Alan Turing Institute to host speakers from the UK, Finland, Germany, and the USA presenting a series of free research seminars about AI and data science education for young people. These rapidly developing technologies have a huge and growing impact on our lives, so it’s… … Continue reading →
- Today we’re announcing two brand-new, fantastic, free online courses for educators in the USA. And to kickstart their learning journey, we are giving qualified US-based educators the chance to get a free Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller hardware kit. This is all thanks to our partners at Infosys Foundation USA, who are committed to expanding access… … Continue reading →
- A recent Forbes article reported that over the last four years, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in many business sectors has grown by 270%. AI has a history dating back to Alan Turing’s work in the 1940s, and we can define AI as the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to… … Continue reading →
- We love seeing all the wonderful things people are doing in the community — that’s why we’re sharing our new series of short films documenting some of the incredible journeys of community members in all corners of the globe! Today we bring you the third wonderful film in this series of community stories. For the… … Continue reading →
- The Raspberry Pi Foundation and ESA Education are excited to announce the winners and highly commended Mission Space Lab teams of the 2020/21 European Astro Pi Challenge! In Mission Space Lab, teams of young people aged up to 19 create scientific experiments that run on the International Space Station’s two Astro Pi computers — space-hardened… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, We rounded out last week with the exciting news that Raspberry Pi 400 is now available with keyboard layouts for Portugal, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Japan is coming soon, so keep an eye out for it. Then we met Avye, an inspirational young person who is motivating other girls to get into tech. We… … Continue reading →
- We’re excited to share another incredible story from the community — the second in our new series of inspirational short films that celebrate young tech creators across the world. These stories showcase some of the wonderful things that young people are empowered to do when they learn how to create with technology. We hope that… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, This is a super mega massive bumper edition of Raspberry Pi Weekly. We’re bringing you not one, but two product launches. Raspberry Silicon in the form of RP2040 is on sale now for just $1, and we released an improved PoE HAT, keeping its cost down at the original price of $20. Check out… … Continue reading →
- There’s so much magic in the world and on this week’s episode of Digital Making at Home, we… … Continue reading →
- This week on Digital Making at Home was a snapshot of just how versatile a Raspberry Pi computer… … Continue reading →
- On this week of Digital Making at Home, we’re geeking out with our special guest Dalia Awad, a… … Continue reading →
- Seminars main pagePrevious seminarsSeminar publications How do we develop AI education in schools? Date: 16 November 2021 Time: 16:30-17:30 GMT / 11:30-12:30 ET / 8:30-9:30 PT / 17:30-18:30 CET AI and data science have recently received a lot of attention in the media, as machine learning systems are now used to make decisions in areas… … Continue reading →
- In our free Coolest Projects online showcase, we invite a worldwide community of young people to come together and celebrate what they’ve built with technology. For this year’s showcase, we’ve already got young tech creators from more than 35 countries registered, including from India, Ireland, UK, USA, Australia, Serbia, Japan, and Syria! Register to become… … Continue reading →
- This week we got a visit from a LEGENDARY multi-talented guest with so many amazing things to share… … Continue reading →
- It’s official: idea registration is finally open for Coolest Projects 2021! Our Coolest Projects online showcase brings together a worldwide community of young people who make things with technology. Everyone up to age 18, wherever they are in the world, can register for Coolest Projects to become part of this community with their own tech… … Continue reading →
- Hola, This week, our social channels were set alight by a project featuring a power-mad Furby pretending to control what is actually a Raspberry Pi-powered, motion-detecting robot face. You guys have weird taste but hey, so do we. A defenseless Raspberry Pi was hacked up in the name of VMware, and an excellent Raspberry Pi… … Continue reading →
- The year is drawing to a close, and we are so excited for 2021! More than 700 young people from 39 countries shared their tech creations in the free Coolest Projects online showcase this year! We loved seeing so many young people shine with their creative projects, and we can’t wait to see what the… … Continue reading →
- We’re proud to show our support for This is Engineering Day, an annual campaign from the Royal Academy of Engineering to bring engineering to life for young people by showcasing its variety and creativity. This year’s #BeTheDifference theme focuses on the positive impact engineering can have on everyday life and on the world we live… … Continue reading →
- Every year, we are proud to judge at the PA Raspberry Pi Competition for UK schools, run by PA Consulting. In this free competition, teams of students from schools all over the UK imagine, design, and create Raspberry Pi–powered inventions. The PA Raspberry Pi Competition aims to inspire young people aged 8 to 18 to… … Continue reading →
- Since 2017 we’ve been training Computing educators in England and around the world through our suite of free online courses on FutureLearn. Thanks to support from Google and the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE), all of these courses are free for anyone to take, whether you are a teacher or not! We’re excited that… … Continue reading →
- In the brand-new issue of Hello World magazine, Shuchi Grover tells us about the limits of constructionism, the value of formative assessment, and why programming can be a source of both joy and angst. How much open-ended exploration should there be in computing lessons? This is a question at the heart of computer science education… … Continue reading →
- Howdy, We’ve got one of those nice, juicy, extra full issues of Raspberry Pi Weekly for you today. Did you miss us? Summer breaks mean we’ve been a bit like ships passing in the night at Raspberry Pi Towers but we are back and into our Friday routine. One of our young makers has been… … Continue reading →
- Through Digital Making at Home, we invite your and your kids all over the world to code and make along with us and our new live streams every week. Since March, we’ve created over 20 weeks’ worth of themed code-along videos for families to have fun with and learn at home. Here are some of… … Continue reading →
- Digital makers, you’re about to get caught in a web — of fun! Last week we built robots… … Continue reading →
- Hola, It’s been a great week for lovers of robotics! The Digital Making at Home crew showed the young makers in our community how to build a Raspberry Pi robot buggy. And on our live stream, they welcomed software engineer and YouTuber Estefannie, who explained why getting hands-on with digital making so cool. This week… … Continue reading →
- You can now watch and share this week’s recorded live stream session on YouTube! This week you’ll get… … Continue reading →
- Digital making isn’t just about coding, sometimes you have to slide the keyboard to the side and get… … Continue reading →
- Seminars main pageSpecial panel sessionsSeminar publications Catch up on our previous computing education research seminars All our online research seminars are available below to watch and share after they take place. You can also download the slides that were presented using the links below. Teaching programming (with or without AI) series (Jan 2024 – Dec… … Continue reading →
- It’s time for YOU to use code to put the “POW” in “KAPOW” and the “BOOM” in “KABOOM”.… … Continue reading →
- Psst…this week you’ll be spies on a top secret digital making mission with us, and we know you’re… … Continue reading →
- Let the games begin! Take your best shot this week, digital makers: we invite you to have some… … Continue reading →
- We are thrilled that five fantastic people will contribute to the Coolest Projects online showcase: Tim Peake, Limor Fried, Mitch Resnick, Hayaatun Sillem, and Eben Upton are going to be our special judges and choose their favourite projects from among all the entries from young tech creators in our global community. Meet the coolest judges!… … Continue reading →
- This week has been quite the show, all thanks to you and your entertaining performances! Who needs television… … Continue reading →
- We’re thrilled that Coolest Projects is taking place this summer as an online showcase, and registration opens today! Our world-leading technology fair usually takes place as a free face-to-face event, with thousands of young people coming together to showcase projects they’ve created. After making the tough decision to cancel the Coolest Projects 2020 events in… … Continue reading →
- Digital Making at Home officially launched six weeks ago…SIX WEEKS AGO! Hooray to us for continuing to practice… … Continue reading →
- On Wednesday, we hosted the first-ever Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium online. Research in computing education, particularly in school and for young people, is a young field compared to maths and science education, and we do not have much in terms of theoretical foundations. It is not a field that has received a lot of… … Continue reading →
- At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, our mission is to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. We know that a lot of families around the globe are navigating school closures and practicing social distancing right now to keep their communities healthy and safe. So in… … Continue reading →
- Symposium Keynote Presentations Posters Submissions CCERS 2020 included two virtual poster sessions, where posters were presented on the topics of learning, teaching, content, broadening participation and school-level factors. You can view the posters using the links below. Poster Session 1 1. Learning graphs: a strategic approach to computing curriculum planning (George Boukeas, Andy Bush, Rebecca… … Continue reading →
- On 29 February 2020, the Raspberry Pi Foundation will celebrate the eighth birthday of the Raspberry Pi computer (or its second birthday, depending on how strict you are about counting leap years). Like any parent, we feel like time has flown by, and it’s remarkable to think how far we’ve come in such a short… … Continue reading →
- Over the autumn term, we’ll be launching three brand-new, online courses on the FutureLearn platform. Wherever you are in the world, you can learn with us for free, thanks to support from Google. Design and Prototype Embedded Computer Systems The first new course is Design and Prototype Embedded Computer Systems, which will start on 28… … Continue reading →
- Machine learning is everywhere. It’s used for image and voice recognition, predictions, and even those pesky adverts that always seem to know what you’re thinking about! If you’ve ever wanted to know more about machine learning, or if you want to help you learners get started with machine learning, then our new free projects are… … Continue reading →
- This is your periodic reminder that there are two Raspberry Pi computers in space! That’s right — our Astro Pi units Ed and Izzy have called the International Space Station home since 2016, and we are proud to work with ESA Education to run the European Astro Pi Challenge, which allows students to conduct scientific… … Continue reading →
- Coolest Projects is the world’s leading technology fair for young people. It’s the science fair for the digital age, where thousands of young people showcase amazing projects that they’ve built using digital technologies. If you want to meet the innovators of the future, this is the place to be, so today we’re really excited to… … Continue reading →
- As the world gets ready to celebrate International Translation Day on 30 September, we want to say thank you to our amazing community of volunteer translators. This talented bunch work very hard so that people around the world can learn digital making and computing in their native languages. Our translators The #RPiTranslate community is growing… … Continue reading →
- Wherever in the world I meet members of the Raspberry Pi community, I am always amazed by their enthusiasm for learning and making. And I often meet families that are enjoying computing together: kids who have introduced their parents to something that’s a whole new world for them, adults who are sharing a hobby they… … Continue reading →
- Put together your own remote-controlled Curiosity rover with the help of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a Raspberry Pi. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory To educate the curious about the use of rovers in space, the Pasadena-based NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) built a mini-rover, ROV-E, to tour classrooms, museums, and public engagement events. And so engaged… … Continue reading →
- Happy birthday, CoderDojo ? Seven years ago today, on 23 July, James Whelton and Bill Liao held the first-ever CoderDojo session in Cork, Ireland. When that first group of volunteers and young people (Ninjas) came together to learn how to make a website, design a game, or write their first program, they never imagined how… … Continue reading →