Digital Making & Physical Computing for Parents

Because you have no idea what just happened but now your kids are enthusiastic and keep asking questions….

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1. Digital Making
   is for everyone
   

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8. The computing curriculum
   “From 5, children will learn to code and program, with algorithms,
   sequencing, selection and repetition;
   from 11, how to use at least 2 programming languages to solve
   computational problems; to design … computational abstractions that
   model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical
   systems; and how instructions are stored and executed within a computer
   system.”
   Michael Gove - UK Secretary for Education
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9. The Raspberry Pi Foundation
   The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a registered educational
   charity (registration number 1129409) based in the UK.
   The Raspberry Pi Foundation works to put the power of digital making
   into the hands of people all over the world, so they are capable of
   understanding and shaping our increasingly digital world, able to solve
   the problems that matter to them, and equipped for the jobs of the future.
   

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10. Raspberry Pi 3 Raspberry Pi Zero BBC micro:bit
    - A desktop replacement
    - $35
    - Bluetooth wifi
    - Plug into a TV or monitor
    with HDMI
    - USB keyboard & Mouse
    - 40 GPIO pins
    - A desktop replacement
    - $5
    - Camera port
    - Requires an accessories
    kit to use with HDMI and
    USB
    - Need to solder the GPIO
    pins
    - Not a desktop
    replacement.
    - Free (for yr 7 students in
    2016) or £14
    - Can be programmed from
    another computer
    - LED matrix, buttons, GPIO
    Physical computing devices
    

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11. Physical computing devices
    Code Bug Arduino Adafruit Circuit Playground
    - Works in the same way as
    Microbit
    - £14
    - Lots of free resources
    - Has some cool accessories
    like the star
    - Coin cell battery holder
    - Used for more advanced
    electronics and robotics
    - Different boards available
    - Programmed using C or
    Processing
    - Some python libraries
    available
    - Works in the same way as
    Microbit.
    - Great for wearables
    - Includes light sensors
    temp sensor, microphone
    and neopixels
    - Programmed using C or
    Processing.
    

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12. Let’s get Physical
    with Raspberry Pi and Python
    

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14. Hello World with LEDs
    from gpiozero import LED
    import time
    led = LED(17)
    led.on()
    time.sleep(1)
    led.off()
    

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15. Fart machines with buttons
    from gpiozero import Button
    import time
    import os, random
    Button = Button(2)
    trumps = ['silly.wav', 'wind.wav', 'raspb.wav']
    while True:
    button.wait_for_press()
    parp = random.choice(trumps)
    os.system("aplay {0}".format(parp))
    time.sleep(2)
    

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16. Resources
    

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17. Open
    Source
    is
    Awesom
    e Sauce
    

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19. What do children think?
    

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21. Books to help
    

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22. The future?
    

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23. Carrie Anne Philbin
    Award Winning Educator, Author & YouTuber
    @MissPhilbin
    @GeekGurlDiaries
    Director of Education
    Raspberry Pi Foundation
    

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24. Carrie Anne Philbin
    @MissPhilbin
    

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