wraggster
February 18th, 2013, 20:05
Microcomputer to offered to teachers to combat computing education crisis
A Raspberry Pi jam is to be held in Manchester in an effort to improve the computing knowledge of adults and children.
This first step is part of a long-term mission to bring coding to the classroom.
Raspberry Jam network founder and principle ICT teacher, Alan O’Donohoe has ben joined by Raspberry Pi distributor CPC Farnell to launch the UK’s first-ever Raspberry Jamboree in Manchester Central, UK, March 9th.
The Raspberry Jamboree will provide hands-on Raspberry Pi workshops to 350 teachers and educators. The sessions, with the low-cost, credit-card sized computer, aim to help educators develop the necessary skills needed to apply their knowledge to teach coding in the classroom – helping to fill the crisis in the current ICT curriculum, soon to be addressed by Michael Gove’s proposed coding-focused revisions.
The event will also provide a platform for this year’s interactive debate on the future direction of ICT in education and how innovations such as Raspberry Pi are driving change in the existing curriculum. It will be led by a panel including Professor Steve Furber (Principal Designer of BBC Micro), Pete Lomas (Raspberry Pi co-founder) and teachers, such as Carrie Anne Philbin.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/43298/Raspberry-Pi-game-jam-in-Manchester
A Raspberry Pi jam is to be held in Manchester in an effort to improve the computing knowledge of adults and children.
This first step is part of a long-term mission to bring coding to the classroom.
Raspberry Jam network founder and principle ICT teacher, Alan O’Donohoe has ben joined by Raspberry Pi distributor CPC Farnell to launch the UK’s first-ever Raspberry Jamboree in Manchester Central, UK, March 9th.
The Raspberry Jamboree will provide hands-on Raspberry Pi workshops to 350 teachers and educators. The sessions, with the low-cost, credit-card sized computer, aim to help educators develop the necessary skills needed to apply their knowledge to teach coding in the classroom – helping to fill the crisis in the current ICT curriculum, soon to be addressed by Michael Gove’s proposed coding-focused revisions.
The event will also provide a platform for this year’s interactive debate on the future direction of ICT in education and how innovations such as Raspberry Pi are driving change in the existing curriculum. It will be led by a panel including Professor Steve Furber (Principal Designer of BBC Micro), Pete Lomas (Raspberry Pi co-founder) and teachers, such as Carrie Anne Philbin.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/43298/Raspberry-Pi-game-jam-in-Manchester