Welcome to the latest edition of the education newsletter!
Coming up in our busy calendar is our worldwide Big Birthday party in March, our two Coolest Projects events in April and May, and new face-to-face/online training courses. We've also included some fun winter-themed projects for you to try. Enjoy!
News
Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend
To celebrate Raspberry Pi's sixth birthday, over 100 Raspberry Jam community events will be taking place around the world on 3–4 March. Take part by finding a Jam near you!
New Picademy dates in the USA
Cue the lights! Cue the music! Picademy is back for another year stateside — you can apply for events in Denver, Seattle, Jersey City, and Atlanta right now.
Visit our stand to learn how easy it is to set up a Raspberry Pi, to test your racing skills in the Scratch Olympics, to get creative with LEDs, and to discover all sorts of fun projects you can try at home!
For teachers, we will also be showcasing how we can support you in introducing computing and digital making to your students, for example with our free training, magazines, and educational resources. Come talk to us and find out lots of tips and tricks on how to make the most of our free online materials in the classroom.
Community
Knikole Taylor
"Since attending Picademy, I have started a mobile makerspace in my district to help teachers and students connect with making and to help them get their creative juices flowing. Our district also purchased ten Raspberry Pi kits, which local teachers can check out for student use. As more teachers learn about Raspberry Pi, I'm receiving more and more requests to check out kits for their classrooms.
I also work with our middle school girls coding club to help them learn how to code with Raspberry Pi. In March, I'll be helping lead a Raspberry Jam in Dallas, Texas. I'm excited to gather with other creative minds in our area and continue to learn."
Knikole is a teacher and Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. Connect with her on Twitter to start a conversation.
In practice
We are looking for educators to write articles for our next issue of Hello World. Got a success story, or an idea for a coding workshop or lesson plan? Email us with an outline, and get your article read by thousands of other educators.
Projects
Make a skiing game in which you avoid obstacles to score points, with our Scratch Cat goes skiing project.
Use our Snowball fight resource to make a game in which you throw snowballs at a target.
Learn to use a sequence of instructions to draw snowflakes with a turtle in our Turtle snowflakes resource.
