Friday 8 September 2017

Issue #220 - Thirteen

Hello there,

What a week! Where do I even start?

Code Club has announced the expansion of their age range, with free resources and support now available for 9- to 13-year-olds. Woohoo! Our eager resource builders have added five new advanced Scratch projects to seal the deal.

CoderDojo has been hard at work on a new book about game development for aspiring coders, and it’s finally been released. Want to learn to make your own game? With this step-by-step guide, it will be easy and fun!

Speaking of learning, we also launched a new free FutureLearn course to help you explore object-oriented programming in Python.

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the newest issue of Hello World. UK-based educators can get the physical copy delivered to their home for free, and the free PDF is available for everyone online.

Have you signed up to host a Raspberry Jam for our Big Birthday Weekend event yet? Come and join the global party!

And hot off the press: make sure to update your version of Raspbian Stretch, as we’ve just this moment released an update with a stripped-down version of Thonny.

Catch you next Friday!

Peace

Alex

News

Expanding the Code Club age range
(blog.codeclub.org.uk) New advanced Scratch projects released
Create a text-based adventure game with FutureLearn
(raspberrypi.org) Another tool to add to your maker belt
Code Club reaches 1 in 5 UK secondary schools
(raspberrypi.org) Code Club expands to secondary school ages up to 13
Make your own game with CoderDojo's new book
(raspberrypi.org) Create your game world, animate your characters, build your physics model
Building a translation community for digital making resources
(solve.mit.edu) Vote for us at MIT Solve, and help Code Club grow
We're hiring!
(raspberrypi.workable.com) Join the team in the UK, the US, and Ireland
Eben joins the Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
(raeng.org.uk) Two thumbs up!
Raspbian Stretch update
(raspberrypi.org) Try Thonny in its most basic form

Projects

A printing GIF camera? Is that even a thing?
(raspberrypi.org) Print an animated GIF?!
Pixelberry Pi
(society6.com) Incredible Raspberry Pi pixel art
SD card wallet case
(myminifactory.com) Perfect for transporting your code to a Raspberry Jam
BB-Cake
(youtube.com) Estefannie powers a Star Wars cake with a Raspberry Pi
Growing mould
(hackaday.io) Sure. Why not.

Articles

The Weather Station and the eclipse
(raspberrypi.org)
Don't look at the sun, look at the data
New Status Boards from The Pi Hut
(thepihut.com)
Rachel Raynes is at it again
The Pi Hut sent us googly eyes...
(twitter.com)
...and now everything is looking a little shifty
Ten Million Raspberry Pi boards made in Wales
(raspberrypi.org)
Sheep, stunning landscapes, and Raspberry Pis
Hello World issue 3
(helloworld.raspberrypi.org)
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