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Raspberry Pi for everyone

Ben Nuttall
October 27, 2016

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

Ben Nuttall

October 27, 2016
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  1. Raspberry Pi for everyone!
    Ben Nuttall
    Raspberry Pi Foundation
    UK Charity 1129409 @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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  2. Ben Nuttall

    Raspberry Pi Community Manager

    opensource.com columnist

    Based in Cambridge, UK

    @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

    Owns trading subsidiary
    Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd

    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...

    Low-cost, high-performance computers

    Outreach and education programmes

    Free resources and teacher training
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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  7. Current models

    Raspberry Pi 3

    64-bit quad-core ARMv8
    @ 1.2GHz

    1GB RAM

    $35

    Raspberry Pi Zero

    32-bit single-core ARMv6
    @ 900MHz

    512MB RAM

    $5
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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  8. Raspbian Jessie with PIXEL
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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  9. Free learning resources

    Free resources to teach,
    learn and make with
    Raspberry Pi

    Freely licensed, CC BY-SA

    Source available on GitHub

    raspberrypi.org/resources
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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  10. Picademy

    Free teacher training &
    professional development

    Network of certified educators

    Cross-curricular

    Courses run regularly in UK &
    US

    raspberrypi.org/picademy
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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  11. Raspberry Jam

    Independently organised
    community events

    Family-friendly

    Mix of meetup / conference /
    workshop styles

    raspberrypi.org/jam
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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  12. Code Club

    Free volunteer-led after
    school clubs for children
    aged 9-11

    Projects provided using
    Scratch, HTML and Python

    Training and support
    provided for volunteers

    codeclubworld.org
    @ben_nuttall
    #ATO2016

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