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Raspberry Fields
We are super excited to announce a massive new event called Raspberry Fields. Part festival, part maker-heaven, completely awesome!
Find out more. 
Introducing the Raspberry Pi 3B+
Last week, we released the brand-new 3B+ to the unsuspecting world. It runs faster than the 3B and has higher bandwidth over wired and wireless connections, as well as many other improvements.
Read our blog post to find out more.
Empowering the future
Last year the CoderDojo team launched Empowering the future, a free guide to increasing the number of girls attending coding clubs. Now they've released the first of a series of videos that cover the guide's key points. Check out the guide and the new video, available in English, Italian, and Spanish.
A triple whammy of US events
We'll be at three education conferences in the United States this month: Spring CUENational Afterschool Association, and USA Science & Engineering. Come say hello and get involved with our hands-on Raspberry Pi activities! We'll also be talking about our free professional development opportunities and nationwide network of coding clubs. 
Places going fast for Picademy 
In April, for the first time, Picademy is coming to Belfast and Dublin, and we want you to apply. There are still a few places left — what are you waiting for?
Apply now!

Events

You may be cool, but are you the Coolest?

Coolest Projects is our creative tech showcase for young people (aged up to 18) from all over the world! It offers young members of the international Code Club, CoderDojo, Raspberry Jam, and wider Raspberry Pi community the opportunity to present their projects to thousands of other enthusiastic makers. For both events this year, the deadline to register projects is 25 March.

Head to the event websites above to find out more, to register a project, or to sign up as a volunteer.

Research

Every year we reach out to our Raspberry Pi Certified Educator community with an in-depth survey to learn about the opportunities they are creating for young people, and about the challenges they face. We use the information they give us to continue to develop our work and to improve our support for educators, and we share it openly so that others can discover what the RCE community is achieving, and gain insights into computing education.

Read our analysis of the 2017 Raspberry Pi Certified Educators annual survey, part of our ever-growing body of research at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and look out for more research updates next month.

Community

"Picademy has been so inspirational that not only have I decided to follow the online training that the Raspberry Pi Foundation offers, but also to study computer science at university. After attending Picademy, one of my goals was to teach Physics and Chemistry at my local school in Spain through coding. To do so, I transformed some lab activities using sensors connected to a Raspberry Pi."

"Last year, my students won an award in the European SciChallenge contest, where they presented a project using a Raspberry Pi. They also enjoyed participating in the Astro Pi missions. In addition to this, I am collaborating with other European teachers on writing innovative lessons to teach science through coding, which will be distributed internationally. At Peleteiro School, where I work, we are having so much fun with our Raspberry Pis that we have started a club to develop new projects!"

Elena Poncela Blanco is a teacher and Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. Connect with her on Twitter to start a conversation.

Could you translate our projects?

At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we want to reach as many children across the world as we can, no matter what language they speak. Volunteering to translate our projects is a great way to support us in achieving this goal. No prior tech knowledge is needed to be a translator, and we'll support you at each step of the process.

Complete our short sign-up form and tell us how you can help.

Projects

Take temperature measurements from the Raspberry Pi's CPU and log the data in our Temperature log project.
Use our Deck of cards resource to create a reusable object-oriented model of a deck of cards.
Learn to test your code and detect bugs with our Test detectives resource.
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