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Code 4 Africa - My experience teaching Computer Science in Zimbabwe

Published on: 10/17/18

Student Michael Tennant recently returned to Zimbabwe, a country he last saw when he was two years old, to help teach computer science. Here, in his own words, is what he got up ...

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To infinity and beyond! Exploring space with Raspberry Pi

Published on: 10/12/18

A few decades ago, students conducting space-based science projects sounded like something from the realms of science fiction. But with the falling cost, not to mention size, of ...

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Celebrating women in STEM: Ada Lovelace Day

Published on: 10/8/18

Back in 2009, technologist Suw Charman-Anderson realised that women were underrepresented on stage at tech events. This problem, she thought, wasn't caused by a lack of women in ...

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What we've been reading, week 39

Published on: 9/30/18

So long September, you were a blast. To bring the month of mist and mellow fruitfulness to a close, here's this week's 'best of the web' round-up of articles, posts and content ...

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Learning by making: the pi-top desk tidy

Published on: 9/28/18

It's no secret that we love maker spaces, and especially the fact that they allow you to get hands-on in an engaging and supportive environment. So when the opportunity to build ...

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Case study: St Raymond School

Published on: 9/26/18

At the St. Raymond school in Menlo Park, California, Ken Hawthorn has one goal: ensure that his school is a model for STEAM learning. Ken is a mechanical engineer turned teacher. ...

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Interview: Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Lab

Published on: 9/20/18

Mitchel Resnick is the Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. Amongst his group’s many achievements is the programming language, called Scratch, that ...

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Case study: how a successful pilot program led All Saints’ to offer new computer science classes

Published on: 9/18/18

All Saints’ Episcopal School is a leading college preparatory day school in Fort Worth, Texas. The school emphasizes leadership, academic rigour, and artistic exposure. Its aim is ...

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Another 15 cool projects you can make with your pi-top

Published on: 9/14/18

In our first '15 cool projects you can make with your pi-top' blog post, we gave you a list of some of our favourite pi-top projects. However, after starting to put together the ...

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15 cool projects you can make with your pi-top

Published on: 9/14/18

At pi-top, we believe that learning occurs best when learners work on projects that matter to them, collaborate with their peers, and take their creative skills beyond the screen.

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