It’s GCSE results day!

Reading Time: 6 minutesToday is GCSE results day, and with it comes the usual amount of excitement and trepidation as thousands of young people in the UK find out whether they got the grades they wanted. So here’s a massive CONGRATULATIONS from everyone at the Raspberry Pi Foundation to all the students out there who have worked so […]

Remembering Andy Baker

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are immensely sad to learn of the death, on 1 June, of Andy Baker, joint founder and organiser of the brilliant Cotswold Raspberry Jam. Andy had been suffering from brain cancer. Together with co-founder Andrew Oakley, Andy worked incredibly hard to make the Cotswold Jam one of the most exciting Jams of all, with […]

Possibilities of the Raspberry Pi — from Code Club to Coolest Projects USA

Reading Time: 3 minutesYolanda Payne is a veteran teacher and Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. After discovering a love for computers at an early age (through RadioShack Tandy), Yolanda pursued degrees in Instructional/Educational Technology at Mississippi State University, the University of Florida, and the University of Georgia. She has worked as an instructional designer, webmaster, and teacher, and she […]

Meet us at Maker Faire Bay Area 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’ll be attending Maker Faire Bay Area this month and we’d love to see as many of you there as we can, so be sure to swing by the Raspberry Pi stand and say hi! Our North America team will be on-hand and hands-on all weekend to show you the wonders of the Raspberry Pi, […]

MagPi 79: get making in March with #MonthOfMaking

Reading Time: 2 minutesHi folks! Rob from The MagPi here. This month in issue 79 of The MagPi, we’re doing something a little different: we invite all of you (yes, you!) to join us in the #MonthOfMaking. Learn more about the #MonthOfMaking inside issue 79! #MonthOfMaking What does this mean? Well, throughout March, we want you to post […]

Celebrate with us this weekend!

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Raspberry Jam Big Birthday is almost here! In celebration of our seventh birthday, we’re coordinating with over 130 community‑led Raspberry Jams in 40 countries across six continents this weekend, 3-4 March 2019. Raspberry Jams come in all shapes and sizes. They range from small pub gatherings fueled by local beer and amiable nerdy chatter to […]

What we are learning about learning

Reading Time: 5 minutesAcross Code Clubs, CoderDojos, Raspberry Jams, and all our other education programmes, we’re working with hundreds of thousands of young people. They are all making different projects and learning different things while they are making. The research team at the Raspberry Pi Foundation does lots of work to help us understand what exactly these young […]

Celebrate our seventh birthday at a Raspberry Jam near you!

Reading Time: 3 minutesSeven years ago, the Raspberry Pi was launched, and that kickstarted everything the Foundation has done. We always celebrate this “birthday” with community-focused events, and this year on the first March weekend, we are again coordinating local Jams all over the world so you can join the party! Calling all community members Whether you’re a […]

Our ultimate guide to running your own Coolest Projects event

Reading Time: 3 minutesCoolest Projects, our world-leading technology fair for young people, takes place in seven countries this year: Ireland, the UK, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Milan in Italy. Volunteer-led Coolest Projects events Teams of marvellous volunteers organise and run the events in the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Milan! They are doing incredible work to give children […]

Save the date: Arduino Day 2019 is Saturday, March 16th!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSave the date: Arduino Day 2019 is Saturday, March 16th! Arduino Team — January 29th, 2019 For the sixth year, we are inviting the open source community to join us for Arduino Day 2019 on Saturday, March 16th! Arduino Day is a worldwide celebration of Arduino’s birthday. It’s a 24-hour-long event—organized by both the community […]

A university research project for Arduino community members by a community member

Reading Time: 2 minutesA university research project for Arduino community members by a community member Arduino Team — January 24th, 2019 Back in December, we received an email from a university student named Lucrezia Alfonsi regarding her dissertation research. Lucrezia’s goal is to to understand what motivates our community to use Arduino, share knowledge, and produce open source […]

New Picademy North America dates for 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesHooray, Picademy is back! We’re excited to bring our free computer science and digital making professional development program for educators to three new cities this summer: Picademy 2019 dates We’re thrilled to kick off our 2019 season, partnering with three new venues: we’ll be at Computer History Museum in the Bay Area the first week […]

Staff Picademy and the sacrificial Babbage

Reading Time: 3 minutesRefill the coffee machine, unpack the sacrificial Babbages, and refresh the micro SD cards — it’s staff Picademy time! Staff Picademy Once a year, when one of our all-staff meeting brings together members of the Raspberry Pi team from across the globe, we host staff Picademy at our office. It’s two days of making and breaking […]

Take part in Hour of Code 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery year for the last five years, Hour of Code has encouraged school students to spend just one hour writing some code, in the hope that they get bitten by the bug rather than generating too many bugs! This year, you can find activities from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Code Club, and CoderDojo on the […]

Philip Colligan wants your books (for our library)

Reading Time: 2 minutesYou may have heard the news that the Raspberry Pi Foundation recently took up residence in a new location. And unlike previous offices, the new building offers up more room for members of the team to work and learn, including the yet-to-be-named library. (I’ll have thought of name by the end of this blog post.) […]

Support Raspberry Pi on #GivingTuesday

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday is #GivingTuesday, a global movement to kick off the charitable giving season. More than just a computer When you buy a Raspberry Pi, you’re not only getting a fantastic little computer, but you’re also helping with our charitable educational mission to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people […]

A world-class computing education

Reading Time: 4 minutesI am delighted to share some big news today. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is part of a consortium that has secured over £78 million in government funding to make sure every child in every school in England has access to a world-leading computing education. National Centre for Computing Education Working with our partners, STEM Learning […]

MagPi 75: 75 greatest projects, chosen by you

Reading Time: 3 minutesHi folks, Rob from The MagPi here! A few weeks ago, we asked you to vote on your top 50 favourite Raspberry Pi projects from the last two-or-so years. We had thousands of responses, but there was one clear winner…and you can find out who that was in issue 75 of The MagPi, out tomorrow […]

Celebrating European Code Week with our annual EUDojo

Reading Time: 5 minutesOn Wednesday 17 October, CoderDojo held the sixth annual EUDojo in the European Parliament in Brussels. EUDojo 2018 Since last year’s event, CoderDojo has grown significantly: we have almost 500 new Dojos, and our network now spreads to over 100 countries! We organised this year’s EUDojo to coincided with the annual Europe Code Week — […]

Picademy North America 2018: That’s a Wrap!

Reading Time: 3 minutesHooray! We’re celebrating our third season leading educator training in North America. That’s 20 Picademy workshops in 11 cities with 791 happy teachers graduating as Raspberry Pi Certified Educators. This summer was particularly rich with successes, challenges, and lessons learned — let’s take a closer look: Andrew Collins on Twitter That’s a wrap on #Picademy […]

Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Weekend 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor our birthday this year, we coordinated over 100 community-led Raspberry Jam events around the globe. In a few months’ time, Raspberry Pi will be seven years old – and to celebrate we’re hosting another Big Birthday Weekend, which takes place all over the world on 2-3 March 2019. Raspberry Pi: aged six and a […]

Calling volunteers for Maker Faire Rome!

Reading Time: 2 minutesCalling volunteers for Maker Faire Rome! Arduino Team — September 25th, 2018 Planning to attend Maker Faire Rome in October? We’re currently seeking volunteers to join our team during the event—staffing tables and displays, helping with demos, and providing technical assistance when necessary. Those who help us for one shift will receive a day pass; spend […]