Raspberry Why?

Just before Christmas I had some fun with a Christmas Jumper and Physical computing based around the (then) new Raspberry Pi Zero. Here is ...

Last year I was intending to run a workshop for Raspberry Pi at BETT but was recovering from an appendectomy instead. This year tempting f...

In a previous post Getting Physical with Python  I wrote about the difficulty some of the younger children in my computing group had with...

After my success in the Raspberry Pi Educators Roadtest winning the prize for the UK (an Up mini 3D printer) I thought I would put in a pr...

With the last session I had discovered the difficulty of the volume of text required when using python and the CamJam Edukits for some of th...

This session with my HomeEd group I introduced some physical computing using the CamJam Edu kit  . Last time I blogged about the challenge...

Last year the BCS South Yorkshire Branch decided it would be good to host some more interactive events. We normally host speakers and ha...

Having introduced the basics of computing this week the plan was to get the children setting up the Raspberry Pi and starting to program. ...

My wife gave me a 4Tronix AgoBo robot kit for Christmas (at my request). I built it a few weeks ago but didn't really have ti...

In may last post I described my idea for a low cost visualiser based on the Raspberry Pi kit I was sent as part of the Element 14 Raspberry ...

The kit I revived from takeing part in the Element 14 Raspberry Pi Educators Roadtest  gave me another project idea. After delivering  CP...

Over the holidays I have been experimenting with timelapse photography of crystal formation with the Raspberry Pi. i have been doing this as...

....................don't talk about computing club It struck me today that my computing club is made up almost entirely of girls. It...

Part of the idea of Picademy was that delegates would go out and spread the word. So as part of my effort I spent this evening delivering...

We had our Y5 Day at school last week. After tweeting about the day using Sonic Pi I had a couple of requests for information about wha...

Two days of CPD is enough to fill most teachers with dread but the Raspberry Pi Foundation is changing all that with its Picademy. Two days...

(1)   I have heard lots  anecdotally  about the use of Raspberry Pi in schools and there has been some talk about them “gathering d...