Raspberry Pi Foundation ● Educational charity founded in 2006 ● Owns trading subsidiary Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd ● Trading profits fund educational programmes
The SD Card ● This is your hard drive – Operating system – Files + programs ● Buy pre-installed or download and install using your PC ● NOOBS (New Out Of the Box Software) – Easy installer – Drag & drop – Contains Raspbian ● Raspbian – Full operating system – Lots of useful software pre-installed
Scratch ● Drag & drop block interface to programming ● Logic ● Computational thinking ● Easy to make games ● Impossible to create a program that fails to run! ● Recommended for young children
Sonic Pi ● Sound synthesiser for creating music ● Audible computing ● Uses simple syntax text-based programming language Ruby ● Used for compositions and live coding performances ● Introduce computing concepts through music ● Created especially for education
Python ● Powerful extensible programming language ● Easy to read and write ● Make software, games, GUIs, websites, robots and more ● Ideal for physical computing ● Extensive library of additional modules for Raspberry Pi hardware ● Recommended for education
Minecraft: Pi Edition ● Free version of Minecraft on Raspberry Pi ● Python programming interface ● Learn Python by building things and making games in Minecraft ● Creative computing
Raspberry Jam in your library ● Digital making activities ● Digital skills ● Mini maker space ● Hosting public events in the library ● Make use of existing computers (monitors, mice, keyboards)
Raspberry Jam in your library ● Work with local Pi community members ● Plan activities (workshops, show-and-tell) ● Ticket event on eventbrite ● Promote event on Raspberry Pi website and locally
Ipswich library Enormous fun. So inspiring to see people of all ages and families learning and working together in an inclusive and non- judgemental environment. ~ Charmain Osborne, Suffolk libraries
Raspberry Jam in your library ● Get support from me and the Foundation team ● Get support from Pi community members ● See basic guidelines and tips at raspberrypi.org/jam ● Contact me: [email protected]