Announcing our million-pound education charity fund. It’s been a busy month for us here at Pi towers, and after the recent announcement of Picademy and the launch of the new website with an increased focus on educational resources, you may be wondering what’s next for our educational mission. Without disappearing too far down the rabbit-hole of superlatives, I can say we are all super-excited to announce the launch of the Raspberry Pi Foundation Education Fund. Thanks to the support of the community over the past two years through buying Raspberry Pis and building inspiring, innovative projects, we’ve been able to build up a bag of funds to spend on our education mission.
So today we are announcing a £1 million education fund. Emma has been busy getting artistic with the folding stuff this morning. This fund is in support of our core charitable mission, so we are looking to fund innovative and exciting projects that enhance understanding of and education in computing for children aged between 5 and 18. Mama - an educational programming language for building 3D animations and games - Eytam Robotics. Teaching Kids Design Thinking, So They Can Solve The World's Biggest Problems. You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it. ? Albert Einstein Assessment The test scores are out again.
And once again, American kids aren't doing so well. You can choose any of the international standardized tests and on average, American children will always be stuck in the middle, compared with their peers in other countries. Leading the pack in test scores are the students in Scandinavian countries, China, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with American students always trailing behind. And every time a new batch of test scores are published, you can hear the tapping of keyboards as various authorities opine about the dire state of the American education system. A Vision We all recognize a need for massive change in American education, but is our ultimate goal to outrank other countries in assessment tests and to beat the Chinese in math scores? We need new minds equipped with new ways of thinking. Design Camp The students? Entanglement [Photo courtesy of Christian Long] CPU. The real complexity of any computer system resides in the processor, but do you know how it works?
It isn't difficult - just a matter of "fetch" and "execute". The All Important Processor What is the most important part of any computer? Memory and disk is usually dismissed with a simple – “how much?” The processor is quite another level of difficulty. Mostly we drop down into “simple mode” when discussing the CPU and quote how fast it operates. All-in-all it is the processor that makes the computer what it is. The processor is the computer There really is no question of the validity of this assertion. If you don’t believe me try running a program written for a PC on a Mac. The point is that computers with different processors are different – computers with the same processor are just faster or slower. Even if you think you already know you still might find the explanation interesting. Notice that this isn't magic. All automatic. Program Counter But this is only part of what goes on. GCSE Computing - public resources.