Ben Nuttall works for the Raspberry Pi Foundation education team. He discusses the Raspberry Pi launch in 2012 which saw 10,000 units sold on the first day. The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized computer developed in the UK to promote teaching computer science in schools. It runs Linux and many free software resources are available to use it for education including programming languages like Scratch and Python.

1. RASPBERRY PI
IN EDUCATION
Ben Nuttall
Raspberry Pi Foundation

2. WHO'S THIS GUY?
Ben Nuttall
Development & Outreach
Raspberry Pi Education Team
@ben_nuttall
ben@raspberrypi.org
github.com/bennuttall

3. MY BACKGROUND
MMU BSc Mathematics & Computing (2011)
Worked in web/software development in NQ
Raspberry Pi advocate, community member, event organiser
STEM volunteer
Hired by Foundation late 2013

4. LAST YEAR

5. THIS YEAR

6. RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION

7. RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION
UK Educational Charity based in Cambridge

8. RASPBERRY PI LAUNCH
29 February 2012
10, 000 in stock
2 online distributors
Both websites crashed

9. RASPBERRY PI LAUNCH
29 February 2012
10, 000 in stock
2 online distributors
Both websites crashed
100,000 orders on first day

10. COMMUNITY

11. 3.8 MILLION SALES

12. ENGINEERS

13. ENGINEERING STUFF

14. EDUCATION TEAM

15. OUTREACH

16. PICADEMY

17. RASPBIAN DESKTOP

18. COMMAND LINE

19. SCRATCH

20. SONIC PI

21. PYTHON

22. MINECRAFT PI

23. MINECRAFT PI

24. MINECRAFT PI

25. GPIO

26. GPIO

27. ROBOTICS

29. CAMERA MODULE

30. RASPBERRYPI.ORG

31. RESOURCES

32. OPEN SOURCE & FREE TO USE

33. EXAMPLES OF RESOURCES

34. WHAT CAN YOU DO?

35. TAKE A CARD (OR TAKE A PICTURE)
Ben Nuttall
Development & Outreach
Raspberry Pi Education Team
@ben_nuttall
ben@raspberrypi.org
github.com/bennuttall