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In April 2014 we ran our first ever training event for teachers. We called it ‘Picademy‘, and we selected 24 fabulous teachers to attend and gave them a qualification and a very special badge at the end. Our aim was to give teachers the skills and knowledge they need to get creative with computing, ...

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The best advice I can give is to apply. We always try to over fill our courses and often spots become available at short notice. If you do not apply, then we won't call. The reason the course is for educators, is because it is full of teaching and learning CS pedagogy that relates to CS curriculums ...

New dates added for Manchester!

You might like to read through this thread about making Sonic more accessible for blind users here https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/issues/962

You might also like to contribute to the discussion as they are looking for input from those using it who are blind/visually impaired.

If you've applied recently for a Picademy in Manchester then hang tight. We are trying to put together some more dates in the venue to accommodate everyone who applied.

Hi thanks for the feedback. The best way to feedback to us so we'll pick it up quickly is via the resource itself and by clicking on the github icon at the bottom of the page and then issues and submit a comment. We are looking into the 404 error because on github (the backend we use for resources) ...

Sounds like fun! I guess I would start with the getting started with Raspberry Pi lesson to introduce to them to what the device is, and to Linux if it is their first experience. Then I'd recommend some physical computing activities using scratch like Physical Computing with Scratch or Robot Antenna...

Anyone looking to move from block based programming with physical computing should definitely check out this great library designed for this very use case. Very simple to program components with the Raspberry Pi. I wish it was around when I wrote my book!

This book is a lot of fun and good for beginners also by Simon Monk

Hi all, the education team and I are super excited to be heading out to Mountain View to train the first ever Picadmey hosted in the USA! Looking forward to sharing experiences, ideas and passions for computer science and digital making.

I'm really excited to see what you all get up during and after your Picademy experience! Do let us know how we are doing.

Hi niania - Let's see if we can work out why your Pi is not booting. I have a few questions which you can answer yes or no to in your reply. 1. When you plug in your Pi do you see any lights on the Raspberry Pi itself? 2. Is your TV switched on and swicthed to the correct input e.g. HDMI 1 (you can ...

How are you getting on 6 months after Picademy?

We do not have a Raspberry Pi certified trainer programme at this time. Currently we are training educators in response to changes in national curriculums and the need for good quality professional development in computational thinking. If you are a teacher then you can apply for any of our Picademy...

Do take a look at Picademy USA. We will be running 4 events in 2016 across the US starting in Mountain View at the Computer History Museum in February.

I'm pretty excited about some the HDMI screens for Raspberry Pis that are coming onto the market. The people at PiTop have created the CEED which we are hoping to test out at our Bett Show workshops this year. I believe that Kano are sell this Raspberry Pi screen altho I've not seen one to test yet....

Information on Raspberry Pi Certified Educators Programme can be found here that may help answer your questions.

Welcome Michelle! Looking forward to seeing you in York and hearing about what you've been up to. Not long now!

Picademy South West - 4th & 5th June in Exeter.

Anyone interested in helping to run or help with a Raspberry Jam in Leeds? We (The Foundation) have access to the second floor of the Google Digital Garage near the Royal Armouries to run Picademies and other Pi flavoured events. As you can see from Les Pounder's pictures it is a large space with ev...

Picademy North - 27th & 28th May 2015

I am excited to announce our new Picademy@Google programme for educators, kicking off in Leeds, UK. This is another opportunity for primary, secondary and post-16 teachers to attend Raspberry Pi-flavoured computing and science training, but this time at a Google Digital Garage near where you live. T...

The application form for the next Picademy (number 8 if you are counting) is open. The dates are 27th - 28th April 2015. Please complete the application form if you want to come and know you will be able to attend!

We do not send out acknowledgement messages for Picademy applications. We have only just recently closed the Feb form and are unlikely to look at April applications until end of feb/early march.

There will not be a picademy in March.

Thanks.

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