Around the World in 88 Sounds

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Makey Makey to be used to explore the creative possibilities of code in a schools workshop organised by Google and led by American artist and computer programmer Zach Lieberman. The workshop is part of DevArt Young Creators, created by the Barbican … Continue reading →

£1 million education fund.

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation has been very busy with lots of announcements this month.  The Raspberry Pi Foundation Education Fund is a fantastic opportunity for you to get paid to do a fun and interesting project.         Looking … Continue reading →

Robots and Raspberries in the UK

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Great excitement at Little Pi Shop HQ today as we took delivery of our first stock of Rapiro robots from Japan. Rapiro, the cute programmable robot, is the successful Kickstarter project from Shota Ishiwatari, an established Japanese inventor, previously know for … Continue reading →

iDEA. Digital enterprise awards for 16 – 25 year olds

            Innovative digital ideas are characterising our generation. We’re in a time when friends can get together with a simple idea, and create something as universal & impressive as Facebook.         Young … Continue reading →

The Education Show 2014

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Fantastic first exhibition for us at The Education Show Birmingham NEC last week. It was great to talk with so many teachers. One key message that came out of all our conversations with teachers was their concern about having to … Continue reading →

What a Jam..

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What a fantastic Raspberry Pi Jam here in Malvern last week! Key IQ and Little Pi Shop welcomed over 20 children from more than 6 local schools to spend an hour playing with the Raspberry Pi and to have a … Continue reading →

Raspberry Pi Jam Student Edition dates

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Dates for the Raspberry Pi Jams are below. They run on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Wyche Innovation Centre, Upper Colwall, Malvern, 3.45pm (for a 4.00pm start) till 5.00pm. 16th April 21st May 18th June 16th July … Continue reading →

Learning to crack the code

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Malvern’s first Student Edition Raspberry Pi Jam – a joint collaboration with Key IQ, CAS (Malvern), and the folk at Little Pi Shop has made it into the newspapers! The sessions, which are aimed at local Primary and Secondary School … Continue reading →

Computing At School

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The primary aim of the Computing at School group is to directly support teachers, and promote the teaching of computing in schools. One way to achieve this is to provide teachers with a local forum to share ideas and mutual interests. CAS … Continue reading →

Malvern Festival of Innovation 2013

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Little Pi Shop took the opportunity to showcase its Raspberry Pi Starter kits to MP Harriet Baldwin at the Malvern Festival of Innovation 2013. The event was open to the public on the Saturday and it was a chance to … Continue reading →