SET-BC who graciously gave us our grant to do our insPIre Project came to video all the amazing insPIration happening in our PI class. The students were great at being in front of the camera and showing that they're all excited about coding! Thanks to Flo and Gary for allowing us to share our excitement about PI. We are looking forward to seeing the edited version in May.
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I have done four Pi workshops since we started our insPIre project… It's been great sharing all the exciting things we have been doing! Here's one of my presentations to share a 'snapshot' of our ins-PI-re Project.
The workshop of ins-PI-ring Technology: Raspberry Pi went excitingly well! There was a full class of educators from teachers to Tech support to a Special Education Assistant. I believe everyone left ins-PI-red!
Here are some photos from the day:
The workshop room set-up
A (humorous) comic from the workshop
There is a wonderful article in Forbes about the importance of teaching young people to learn how to code and channelling their creativity to make their own video games. Click on the link below to read all about:
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This is the key Resource I'm going to use to teach Scratch. It a colourful and child-friendly book that shows one the basic of Computer Programming.
I just came across a great resource… So I had to share it!
It has wonderful computer programs that others have created by using Scratch! Check it out, you won't be disappointed.
In my pursuits in learning as much as I can about Raspberry Pi, I emailed VHS which stands for Vancouver Hackers Society. Three members (thanks Simon, Steve and Thomas) kindly emailed me about wonderful resources that will help in developing our ins-PI-re project. I wanted to share the list with you:
For well documented Raspberry PI tutorials
For tutorials on getting started with the Raspberry PI
For a printable magazine filled with tutorials
For information about making Technology fun for students:
For information on Raspberry PI nights at VHS: http://vancouver.hackspace.ca/wp/events-calendar/