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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)
    Download the free PDF, or subscribe!

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