The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK educational charity that created the Raspberry Pi, a $35 computer used to teach coding and computing concepts in schools. While the Foundation spends money on educational programs and resources, its trading company earns money through sales of the Raspberry Pi to fund further development. The Raspberry Pi has been very successful, selling over 5 million units and inspiring many educational projects. It has helped bring coding and computer science concepts into UK classrooms in line with new national curriculum requirements.
38. New computing curriculum
“From 5, children will learn to code and program with
algorithms, sequencing, selection and repetition”
“From 11, how to use at least 2 programming languages to
solve computational problems, to design … computational
abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world
problems and physical systems; and how instructions are
saved and executed within a computer system”
- Michael Gove, UK Education Secretary
39. New computing curriculum
“From 5, children will learn to code and program with
algorithms, sequencing, selection and repetition”
“From 11, how to use at least 2 programming languages to
solve computational problems, to design … computational
abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world
problems and physical systems; and how instructions are
saved and executed within a computer system”
- Michael Gove, (ex-) UK Education Secretary
52. Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
February 2015
Quad core CPU
1GB RAM
Manufacturing 20,000 per day
6x speed of previous model
Fully compatible with Pi 1
53. Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
February 2015
Quad core CPU
1GB RAM
Manufacturing 20,000 per day
6x speed of previous model
Fully compatible with Pi 1
Sold 500, 000 within 2 weeks