Pioneering the Future of Computing Education

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How the Raspberry Pi Foundation are leading the way in the computing in schools revolution by providing affordable open and connectable hardware to people of all levels of experience. Now we have an education team, we're pushing forward with creating resources and training teachers to help deliver modern computing education around the world. All our learning resources are Creative Commons licensed and available on GitHub. We write materials that match the UK computing curriculum.

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PIONEERING THE FUTUREOF COMPUTING EDUCATION

WHO'S THIS GUY?

Ben NuttallDevelopment & OutreachRaspberry Pi Education Team

@ben_nuttallben@raspberrypi.orggithub.com/bennuttall

WHAT IS RASPBERRY PI?

WHY RASPBERRY PI?

WHY RASPBERRY PI?

RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION

● UK Charity● Board of Trustees

Trading Company Foundation

Hires engineers Hires educators

Makes money Spends money

FOUNDATION 2009 - 2012

FOUNDATION 2012 - 2013

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY

FOUNDATION 2014 (so far...)

COMPUTE MODULE

COMPUTE MODULE

3 MILLION SALES

MODEL B+

EDUCATION TEAM

PICADEMY

WEBSITE

RESOURCES

FREE TO USE

OPEN SOURCE

EXAMPLES OF RESOURCES

HOW YOU CAN HELP

● Use our learning materials● Contribute to our learning materials● Check your package works on Pi● Attend local Raspberry Jam● Tell us about your Pi project● Buy Raspberry Pi / Compute Module

BUY RASPBERRY PI

● Fund education worldwide● Fund development of new hardware● Fund free & open source software

OPEN SOURCE SPONSORSHIP● Port of PyPy to ARM● XBMC● Libav● Pixman● Wayland/Weston● Squeak● Scratch● WebKit● Epiphany● Broadcom VideoCore IV Drivers ($10, 000 bounty)

USA TOUR

TAKE A CARD (OR TAKE A PICTURE)

Ben NuttallDevelopment & OutreachRaspberry Pi Education Team

@ben_nuttallben@raspberrypi.orggithub.com/bennuttall

PIONEERING THE FUTUREOF COMPUTING EDUCATION