Issue #220 - Thirteen
Hello there,
What a week! Where do I even start?
Code Club has announced the expansion of their age range, with free resources and support now available for 9- to 13-year-olds. Woohoo! Our eager resource builders have added five new advanced Scratch projects to seal the deal.
CoderDojo has been hard at work on a new book about game development for aspiring coders, and it’s finally been released. Want to learn to make your own game? With this step-by-step guide, it will be easy and fun!
Speaking of learning, we also launched a new free FutureLearn course to help you explore object-oriented programming in Python.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the newest issue of Hello World. UK-based educators can get the physical copy delivered to their home for free, and the free PDF is available for everyone online.
Have you signed up to host a Raspberry Jam for our Big Birthday Weekend event yet? Come and join the global party!
And hot off the press: make sure to update your version of Raspbian Stretch, as we’ve just this moment released an update with a stripped-down version of Thonny.
Catch you next Friday!
Peace
Alex
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Expanding the Code Club age range
(blog.codeclub.org.uk) New advanced Scratch projects released -
Create a text-based adventure game with FutureLearn
(raspberrypi.org) Another tool to add to your maker belt -
Code Club reaches 1 in 5 UK secondary schools
(raspberrypi.org) Code Club expands to secondary school ages up to 13 -
Make your own game with CoderDojo's new book
(raspberrypi.org) Create your game world, animate your characters, build your physics model -
Building a translation community for digital making resources
(solve.mit.edu) Vote for us at MIT Solve, and help Code Club grow -
We're hiring!
(raspberrypi.workable.com) Join the team in the UK, the US, and Ireland -
Eben joins the Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
(raeng.org.uk) Two thumbs up! -
Raspbian Stretch update
(raspberrypi.org) Try Thonny in its most basic form -
A printing GIF camera? Is that even a thing?
(raspberrypi.org) Print an animated GIF?! -
Pixelberry Pi
(society6.com) Incredible Raspberry Pi pixel art -
SD card wallet case
(myminifactory.com) Perfect for transporting your code to a Raspberry Jam -
BB-Cake
(youtube.com) Estefannie powers a Star Wars cake with a Raspberry Pi -
Growing mould
(hackaday.io) Sure. Why not.
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The Weather Station and the eclipse
(raspberrypi.org)
Don't look at the sun, look at the data -
New Status Boards from The Pi Hut
(thepihut.com)
Rachel Raynes is at it again -
The Pi Hut sent us googly eyes...
(twitter.com)
...and now everything is looking a little shifty -
Ten Million Raspberry Pi boards made in Wales
(raspberrypi.org)
Sheep, stunning landscapes, and Raspberry Pis -
Hello World issue 3
(helloworld.raspberrypi.org)
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