Raspberry Pi for everyone

Lightning talk given at All Things Open 2016 in Raleigh, NC.

All about the Raspberry Pi Foundation, its charitable work in education and its series of small computers.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuAkRui5ngs

Transcript

1. Raspberry Pi for everyone!
   Ben Nuttall
   Raspberry Pi Foundation
   UK Charity 1129409 @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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2. Ben Nuttall
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   Raspberry Pi Community Manager
   ●
   opensource.com columnist
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   Based in Cambridge, UK
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   @ben_nuttall on Twitter
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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3. 10 million Raspberry Pis
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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4. Raspberry Pi Foundation
   ●
   Educational charity founded
   in 2006
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   Owns trading subsidiary
   Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd
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   Trading profits fund
   educational programmes
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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5. Our mission
   “Putting the power of digital making into the
   hands of people all over the world”
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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6. We do this by providing...
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   Low-cost, high-performance computers
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   Outreach and education programmes
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   Free resources and teacher training
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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7. Current models
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   Raspberry Pi 3
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   64-bit quad-core ARMv8
   @ 1.2GHz
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   1GB RAM
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   $35
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   Raspberry Pi Zero
   ●
   32-bit single-core ARMv6
   @ 900MHz
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   512MB RAM
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   $5
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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8. Raspbian Jessie with PIXEL
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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9. Free learning resources
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   Free resources to teach,
   learn and make with
   Raspberry Pi
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   Freely licensed, CC BY-SA
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   Source available on GitHub
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   raspberrypi.org/resources
   @ben_nuttall
   #ATO2016
   

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10. Picademy
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    Free teacher training &
    professional development
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    Network of certified educators
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    Cross-curricular
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    Courses run regularly in UK &
    US
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    raspberrypi.org/picademy
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016
    

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11. Raspberry Jam
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    Independently organised
    community events
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    Family-friendly
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    Mix of meetup / conference /
    workshop styles
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    raspberrypi.org/jam
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016
    

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12. Code Club
    ●
    Free volunteer-led after
    school clubs for children
    aged 9-11
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    Projects provided using
    Scratch, HTML and Python
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    Training and support
    provided for volunteers
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    codeclubworld.org
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016
    

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