Raspberry Pi and the Community - Wimbledon Jam

Opening talk given at Wimbledon Raspberry Jam

Transcript

1. Raspberry Pi and the community Ben Nuttall Raspberry Pi Foundation UK Charity 1129409
2. Ben Nuttall • Raspberry Pi Community Manager – Programmes & outreach – Software & project development – Learning resources & teacher training • Hobbyist turned employee • Based in Cambridge • From Sheffield / Manchester • @ben_nuttall on Twitter
3. Raspberry Pi Foundation
4. Raspberry Pi Foundation Strategy “Putting the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world”
5. Raspberry Pi computers • We produce low-cost high- power computers • They keep getting better and/or cheaper :)
6. Over 9 Million Raspberry Pis sold
7. Raspberry Pi in Schools
8. Education • We train teachers in computing • We create free resources for use at home and school • We run programmes to engage young people in digital making • We support a network of Code Clubs in Primary Schools
9. Picademy
10. Raspberry Pi Learning Resources • Teach, Learn and Make • Free • Creative Commons • Created by Raspberry Pi Education Team • Scratch, Python and more
11. Programmes
12. Software • Raspbian • GPIO Zero • Scratch • Sonic Pi • Partnerships – Minecraft – Mathematica – Node RED – Oracle Java
13. www.raspberrypi.org • Daily blog articles – news, projects and stories • OS Downloads • Help pages • Documentation • Community sites • Forums
14. Raspberry Pi Weekly • Free weekly email newsletter • Raspberry Pi news, projects and articles • 3 years of issues on the website • raspberrypi.org/weekly
15. The MagPi • Community magazine established in 2012 (as free PDF download) • Now the official Raspberry Pi magazine • Paper copies on sale in UK shops and online • Still a free PDF download • Occasionally comes with a free computer • Book series (also available for free)
16. Raspberry Pi Community
17. Raspberry Jam
18. Raspberry Jam raspberrypi.org/jam
19. Community leaders
20. Young community leaders
21. Young community leaders today!
22. Raspberry Pi and the community Ben Nuttall Raspberry Pi Foundation UK Charity 1129409