school children recive Raspberry Pi computers thanks to a new grant from Google
Thousands of school children from across the UK will receive their own Raspberry Pi computers thanks to a new grant from Google.
The charitable arm of the web giant, giving Google, has awarded a grant to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to provide funds for the donation of 15,000 Raspberry Pi Model B computers to schools throughout the UK who are interested in computer science. The equipment will be delivered with the help of six educational institutions for children "who demonstrate an aptitude and passion for information," Google said in a blog.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founder Raspberry Pi Eben Upton traveled to a school in Cambridge today to deliver the first batch of computers and teach a lesson on coding.
"We absolutely made up news, which is a brilliant way for us to find children nationwide whose aptitude for computer can now be properly explored," Raspberry Pi Foundation wrote in a separate blog. "We believe that access to the tools is a fundamental need to know who you are and what you're good. Want these tools to be available to everyone, from the first moment."
The six partners which shared educational Raspberry Pis are Codeclub, Computers in school, Generating Genius, Coderdojo, Teach First, and OCR. Each device comes with an educational package created by OCR that was designed to help children get the most out of your new Pi.
Raspberry Pi is a $ 35 computer and ARM Linux based on a small circuit board that aims to promote computer programming for children. The device, which is about the size of a credit card, is connected to a TV or a keyboard, and can be used for word processing, games, and also plays high-definition video.
Last year the miniature PC has its own app store. With a mix of free and paid apps, the store Pi presented 23 free titles at launch, from the LibreOffice productivity suite and utility Asterisk classic games like Freeciv and OpenTTD and the exclusive Iridium Rising Raspberry Pi.
For more information, see PCMag's review of Raspberry Pi and the previous presentation.
The charitable arm of the web giant, giving Google, has awarded a grant to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to provide funds for the donation of 15,000 Raspberry Pi Model B computers to schools throughout the UK who are interested in computer science. The equipment will be delivered with the help of six educational institutions for children "who demonstrate an aptitude and passion for information," Google said in a blog.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founder Raspberry Pi Eben Upton traveled to a school in Cambridge today to deliver the first batch of computers and teach a lesson on coding.
"We absolutely made up news, which is a brilliant way for us to find children nationwide whose aptitude for computer can now be properly explored," Raspberry Pi Foundation wrote in a separate blog. "We believe that access to the tools is a fundamental need to know who you are and what you're good. Want these tools to be available to everyone, from the first moment."
The six partners which shared educational Raspberry Pis are Codeclub, Computers in school, Generating Genius, Coderdojo, Teach First, and OCR. Each device comes with an educational package created by OCR that was designed to help children get the most out of your new Pi.
Raspberry Pi is a $ 35 computer and ARM Linux based on a small circuit board that aims to promote computer programming for children. The device, which is about the size of a credit card, is connected to a TV or a keyboard, and can be used for word processing, games, and also plays high-definition video.
Last year the miniature PC has its own app store. With a mix of free and paid apps, the store Pi presented 23 free titles at launch, from the LibreOffice productivity suite and utility Asterisk classic games like Freeciv and OpenTTD and the exclusive Iridium Rising Raspberry Pi.
For more information, see PCMag's review of Raspberry Pi and the previous presentation.
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