Pioneering the future of computing education - PyCon Ireland

1. PIONEERING THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING 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 Worked in software development 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. PROTOTYPES

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

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

11. COMMUNITY

12. 3.5 MILLION SALES

13. EDUCATION TEAM

14. RASPBERRY PI MODEL B+ $35 single board computer BCM 2835 SoC ARM11 700MHz VideoCore IV GPU 512MB RAM 600mA power (3.0 W)

15. OPERATING SYSTEMS

16. RASPBIAN DESKTOP

17. SCRATCH

18. SONIC PI

19. PYTHON

20. MINECRAFT PI

21. MINECRAFT PI

22. MINECRAFT PI

23. GPIO

24. 40 GPIO PINS on B+

25. PYTHON RPI GPIO

26. ROBOTICS

27. CAMERA MODULE

28. MICROSCOPY

29. TELESCOPY

30. £100 3D PRINTED TELESCOPE

31. PI IN THE SKY

32. PI IN THE SKY

33. BABBAGE THE BEAR

34. SPACE BABBAGE

35. SPACE BABBAGE

36. SPACE BABBAGE

37. PYTHON PICAMERA

38. PYTHON PICAMERA

39. CAT DETECTOR

40. TWEETING BABBAGE

45. PI IN THE CLASSROOM

46. PROGRAMMING

47. COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

48. ENERGENIE

49. SOUS-VIDE COOKING

50. SOUS-VIDE COOKING

51. WHAT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER?

52. ABSTRACTION

53. LIBRARIES

54. ADD-ON BOARDS

55. TUTORIALS & DOCUMENTATION

56. INSPIRING PROJECTS

57. EASY PROJECTS MADE EASY

58. RASPBERRYPI.ORG

59. RESOURCES

60. EXAMPLES OF RESOURCES

61. WHAT CAN YOU DO?

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