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Raspberry Pi cases – how do they stack up?

We’re a 3-Pi household now – our 2 very early 1st generation Pis are used as an internet radio and a wireless print server, and the last one is used for general testing, project making and also got pressed into … Continue reading

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First steps with Kano

A new cute-looking Raspberry Pi kit and OS? That’s what Kano claims to offer – a rather spiffy kit containing a Raspberry Pi, wireless keyboard & trackpad, OS on SD card, wifi adaptor, speaker, power supply and a nice case … Continue reading

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Using Scratch to make teaching resources

Sometimes I can spend hours searching TES and other web sites for the right interactive teaching resource. This week I was teaching direction, quarter and half turns to Year 2 and I wanted something I could use on the interactive … Continue reading

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You’ve come a long way, baby

that was then… and this is now… I’ve been setting up Raspberry Pi computers since they came out, but setting up a new one with my daughter yesterday made me realise how very, very far this little computer has come. … Continue reading

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lottie?

I really have better things to do (planning lessons, for example), so much has already been written and tweeted about Lottie Dexter and the Year of Code Car Crash of Newsnight – and yet, and yet… I hardly ever watch … Continue reading

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