Issue #77 — Elves

Friday 5 December 2014

Hi everyone

Next week is Hour of Code week and the Raspberry Pi Education team have provided eight short exercises for the initiative.

Tomorrow is Pi Wars – the Raspberry Pi robotics competition held as part of the Cambridge Raspberry Jam.

Ben

Picture of the week

The elves hard at work at Pi Towers – Ben soldering under Gert’s supervision

Hour of Code Resources (raspberrypi.org)
Eight Hour of Code resources from the Raspberry Pi Education Team
Picademy #7 Applications Open (raspberrypi.org)
February's Raspberry Pi teacher training event open for applications
Sonic Pi Weekly (sonic-pi.us9.list-manage.com)
New weekly newsletter for all things Sonic Pi
FUZE BBC Model B Special Edition (geeky-gadgets.com)
The new B+ version of the FUZE comes in a retro BBC Model B enclosure

Raspberry Pi Glove (raspberrypi.org)
Project New York: the Social Media Pi Glove
IData Truck (raspberrypi.org)
Andy Proctor's ioT delivery truck with a simple communication mechanism
Raspberry Pi Chromecast Remote (ebower.com)
Multi user Chromecast control device
Tetris on Pi-Lite (piecesofpi.co.uk)
The tetris game built for the Pi-Lite add-on board

Non-Formal Learning for Syrian Refugees (raspberrypi.org)
UNICEF innovation in low-cost technology for learning
A Knight's Peril (raspberrypi.org)
Medieval castle haunted using technology with a twist
Gertbot - Robot Power For The Pi (i-programmer.info)
A round-up of Gert's new robotics board
Laura Dixon Interview (innovatemyschool.com)
Laura Dixon on her use of Raspberry Pi in the classroom

See more at raspberrypi.org/jam

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