Introducing a computing curriculum in Odisha

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe are working with two partner organisations in Odisha, India, to develop and roll out the IT & Coding Curriculum (Kaushali), a computing curriculum for government high schools. Last year we launched the first part of the curriculum and rolled out teacher training. Read on to find out what we have learned from this work. […]

A teacher’s guide to teaching Experience AI lessons

Reading Time: 5 minutesToday, Laura James, Head of Computing and ICT at King Edward’s School in Bath, UK, shares how Experience AI has transformed how she teaches her students about artificial intelligence. This article will also appear in issue 24 of Hello World magazine, which will be available for free from 1 July and focuses on the impact […]

Young people receive their data from space and Astro Pi certificates

Reading Time: 4 minutesAcross Europe and beyond, teams of young people are receiving data from the International Space Station (ISS) this week. That’s because they participated in the annual European Astro Pi Challenge, the unique programme we deliver in collaboration with ESA Education to give kids the chance to write code that runs in space. The Astro Pi […]

Imagining students’ progression in the era of generative AI

Reading Time: 6 minutesGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming more easily accessible to learners and educators, and increasingly better at generating code solutions to programming tasks, code explanations, computing lesson plans, and other learning resources. This raises many questions for educators in terms of what and how we teach students about computing and AI, and AI’s impact […]

The Clubs Conference is coming back

Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing the huge success of last year’s Clubs Conference, we are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the second-ever Clubs Conference on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2024 in Cambridge, UK. The event will be a weekend of learning and connecting for volunteers and educators involved in Code Club, CoderDojo, and […]

What would an IPO mean for the Raspberry Pi Foundation?

Reading Time: 7 minutesOn 22 May 2024, we announced that we are intending to list the Foundation’s commercial subsidiary, Raspberry Pi Ltd, on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. This is called an Initial Public Offering (IPO).  The IPO process is — quite rightly — highly regulated, and information about the company and the potential listing […]

Introducing classroom management to the Code Editor

Reading Time: 4 minutesI’m excited to announce that we’re developing a new set of Code Editor features to help school teachers run text-based coding lessons with their students. New Code Editor features for teaching Last year we released our free Code Editor and made it available as an open source project. Right now we’re developing a new set […]

Gaining skills and confidence: The impact of Code Club and CoderDojo

Reading Time: 4 minutesThrough Code Club and CoderDojo we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Code Club is a global network of after-school coding clubs for learners aged 9 to 13, where educators and other volunteers help young people learn about coding and digital making CoderDojo is a worldwide network of […]

An update from the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre

Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’s been nearly two years since the launch of the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre. Today, the Centre’s Director Dr Sue Sentance shares an update about the Centre’s work. The Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre (RPCERC) is unique for two reasons: we are a joint initiative between the University of Cambridge and the […]

Teaching a generation of AI innovators in Malaysia with Experience AI

Reading Time: 4 minutesToday’s blog is from Aimy Lee, Chief Operating Officer at Penang Science Cluster, part of our global partner network for Experience AI. Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world at an incredible pace, and at Penang Science Cluster, we are determined to be at the forefront of this fast-changing landscape. The Malaysian government is actively […]

Get young people making interactive websites with JavaScript and our ‘More web’ path

Reading Time: 5 minutesModern web design has turned websites from static and boring walls of information into ways of providing fun and engaging experiences to the user. Our new ‘More web’ project path shows young creators how to add interaction and animation to a webpage through JavaScript code. Why learn JavaScript? As of 2024, JavaScript is the most […]

Learning from our hybrid training programme for youth and community organisations

Reading Time: 5 minutesAt the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we aim to democratise access to digital skills and technologies. One of the ways we do this is via partnerships with youth and community organisations that deliver frontline services to young people experiencing educational disadvantage. In 2023 we delivered a hybrid training programme to 14 youth organisations in the UK […]

Young people’s Astro Pi code is sent to the International Space Station

Reading Time: 6 minutesYoung people taking part in the European Astro Pi Challenge are about to have their computer programs sent to the International Space Station (ISS). Astro Pi is run annually in collaboration by us and ESA Education, and offers two ways to get involved: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab. This year, over 25,000 young people […]

Global Impact: Empowering young people in Kenya and South Africa

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe work with mission-aligned educational organisations all over the world to support young people’s computing education. In 2023 we established four partnerships in Kenya and South Africa with organisations Coder:LevelUp, Blue Roof, Oasis Mathare, and Tech Kidz Africa, which support young people in underserved communities. Our shared goal is to support educators to establish and […]

Celebrating the community: Arno & Timo

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe love hearing from members of the community and sharing the stories of amazing young people, volunteers, and educators who are using their passion for technology to create positive change in the world around them. Arno helping young coders at the CoderDojo Netherlands tenth birthday celebrations In our latest story, we’re heading to Alkmaar, the […]

Localising AI education: Adapting Experience AI for global impact

Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s been almost a year since we launched our first set of Experience AI resources in the UK, and we’re now working with partner organisations to bring AI literacy to teachers and students all over the world. Developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind, Experience AI provides everything that teachers need to confidently […]

Insights into students’ attitudes to using AI tools in programming education

Reading Time: 4 minutesEducators around the world are grappling with the problem of whether to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the classroom. As more and more teachers start exploring the ways to use these tools for teaching and learning computing, there is an urgent need to understand the impact of their use to make sure they do […]

Careers in computer science: Two perspectives

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs educators, it’s important that we showcase the wide range of career opportunities available in the field of computing, not only to inspire learners, but also to help them feel sure they’re choosing to study a subject that is useful for their future. For example, a survey from the BBC in September 2023 found that […]

New resource to help teachers make Computing culturally relevant

Reading Time: 6 minutesHere at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we believe that it’s important that our academic research has a practical application. An important area of research we are engaged in is broadening participation in computing education by investigating how the subject can be made more culturally relevant — we have published several studies in this area.  Licensed […]

Our new theory of change

Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s core values is our focus on impact. This means that we are committed to learning from the best available evidence, and to being rigorous and transparent about the difference we’re making. Like many charities, an important part of our approach to achieving and measuring our impact is our theory […]

Supporting Computing in England through our renewed partnership with Oak National Academy

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are pleased to announce that we are renewing our partnership with Oak National Academy in England to provide an updated high-quality Computing curriculum and lesson materials for Key Stages 1 to 4. New curriculum and materials for the classroom In 2021 we partnered with Oak National Academy to offer content for schools in England […]

How we’re creating more impact with Ada Computer Science

Reading Time: 5 minutesWe offer Ada Computer Science as a platform to support educators and learners alike. But we don’t take its usefulness for granted: as part of our commitment to impact, we regularly gather user feedback and evaluate all of our products, and Ada is no exception. In this blog, we share some of the feedback we’ve […]