Raspberry Pi

Published in Professional, Senior Grades on April 11, 2013

rasp_piI’ve really struggled with this recommendation for a long time now. When long-time List member and staunch supporter, Joel Heffner, told me about Raspberry Pi, I was really excited about the concept. And then I saw the $35 price tag. It’s been my habit-turned-solid-policy to never recommend on The Teacher List, a resource that comes with a price tag. Joel and I had some discussion about it and this one time, with a complete heads-up about it costing money, I would like to recommend this device for use in teaching students how to program a computer.

So, what is this Raspberry Pi? The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. It will be better to link to the FAQ page so you can learn more – it’s quite an intriguing little device!
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The URL: http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

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  1. Bill Lomax
    April 11, 2013
    8:24 am

    Hi Pete, I enjoy your seeing your emails come in every day. I would like to commend you on a job well done over the past years in keeping teachers informed about a variety of resources around the world.

    Raspberry Pi is an excellent project for students in grades 3-12. The concepts they learn will be very valuable as they get older. Students should learn how things work so they have a better understanding of how it works.

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  2. admin
    April 11, 2013
    8:27 am

    Yep – I guess some things are just going to cost money… This is extremely affordable. A class set could be purchased for $1000, which is about the cost of two or three tablets. The other avenue to explore is that it could be treated as a student-owned device – the student purchases it, learns on it and keeps it.

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