After retiring from teaching 邪恶啪啪啪视频 in 2017, Bob continued his school visits, first on an informal basis, and later as an official representative of KSU’s College of 邪恶啪啪啪视频 and Software Engineering (CCSE). Keen to learn more about K-12 邪恶啪啪啪视频, Bob applied to the 邪恶成人影视’s Picademy program, and attended Picademy Atlanta in 2018. Here’s his story of how he has since gone on to lead several 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Teachers’ Workshops, inspiring educators and students alike.

“I couldn’t have done this if I had not attended Picademy” — Bob Brown

“I was amazed at the excitement and creativity that Picademy and the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi created among the teachers who attended,” Bob says. “After reading about the number of applicants for limited Picademy positions, I realized there was unmet demand. I began to wonder whether we could do something similar at the CCSE.”

Bob spent over a hundred hours developing instructional material, and raised over $2,000 from Southern Polytechnic alumni. With the money he raised, Bob conducted a pilot workshop for half a dozen teachers in the autumn of 2018. The workshop was free for participants, and covered material similar to Picademy, but in a one-day format. Participants were also given a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi 3B+ and a parts pack. Bob says, “I couldn’t have done this if I had not attended Picademy and been able to start with the Picademy material from the 邪恶成人影视.”

“[The CCSE] helps improve access, awareness, and sustainability to middle and high school students and teachers.” — Jon Preston

“The College of 邪恶啪啪啪视频 and Software Engineering at KSU STEM+邪恶啪啪啪视频 project helps improve access, awareness, and sustainability to middle and high school students and teachers. CCSE faculty and undergraduate students build learning materials and deliver these materials on-site to schools in an effort to increase the number of students who are energized by 邪恶啪啪啪视频 and want to study 邪恶啪啪啪视频 to help improve their careers and the world. Given the price and power of the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi computers, these devices are a perfect match for our project in the local schools,” says Preston.

The teachers really enjoyed the workshop, and left incredibly inspired.

Teachers came from all over Georgia and from as far away as Mississippi to attend the workshops. For some of the teachers, it was their first time exploring the concept of physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频, and the hands-on approach to the workshop helped them set their own pace. The teachers really enjoyed the workshop, and left incredibly inspired. “Teacher workshops have a multiplier effect,” says Brown. “If I teach 30 students, I’ve reached 30 students; if I teach 30 teachers, I potentially reach thousands of students over a period of years.”

Another great contribution to the program was the addition of college student facilitators, who provided individual support to the teachers throughout the day, making it easier for everyone to have the assistance they needed.

By the end of the summer, more than 150 K-12 teachers will have participated in a CCSE 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Teachers’ Workshop.

The 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Teachers’ Workshops have become a regular part of the outreach efforts of the CCSE. Grants from State Farm Insurance, 3M Corporation, and a few very generous individual gifts keep the workshops free for K-12 teachers, who also take home a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi and extra components and parts. Participants are also invited to join an online forum where they can exchange ideas and support each other. By the end of the summer, more than 150 K-12 teachers will have participated in a CCSE 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Teachers’ Workshop. You can find more information about the workshops here.

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My journey to becoming a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educator started when an esteemed mentor, Juan Valentin, tweeted about the awesome 邪恶视频啪啪 he had while attending Picademy. Having never heard of Picademy or the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi, I decided to check out the website and instantly became intrigued. I applied for a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi STEM kit from the Civil Air Patrol and received a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi and a ton of accessories. My curiosity would not be satisfied until I learned just what I could do with the box of goodies. So I decided to apply to Picademy and was offered a spot after being waitlisted. Thus my obsession with the possibilities of the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi began.

Code Club allows me to provide a variety of lessons, tailored to my students’ interests and skill levels, without me having to be an expert

While at Picademy, I learned about Code Club. Code Club allows me to provide a variety of lessons tailored to my learners’ interests and skill levels, without me having to be an expert in all of the lessons. My students are 6th- to 8th-graders, and there are novice coders as well as intermediate and advanced coders in the group. We work through lessons together, and I get to be a student with them.

I have found a myriad of resources to support their dreams of making

Although I may not have all the answers to their questions, I’m willing to work to secure whatever supplies they need for their project making. Whether through DonorsChoose, grants, student fundraising, or my personal contributions, I have found a myriad of resources to support their dreams of making.

邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi group photo!

My district has invested in a one-to-one computer initiative for students, and I am happy to help students become creators of technology and not just consumers. Having worked with Code Club through the 邪恶成人影视, my students and I realize just how achievable this dream can be. I’m able to enhance my Pi skills by teaching a summer hacking camp at our local university, and next year, we have goals to host a Pi Jam! Thankfully, my principal is very supportive of our endeavours.

Students at Coolest Projects USA 2018

This year, a few of my students and my son were able to participate in Coolest Projects USA 2018 to show off their projects, including a home surveillance camera, a RetroPie arcade game, a Smart Mirror, and a photo booth and dash cam. They dedicated a lot of time and effort to bring these projects to life, often on their own and beyond the hours of our Code Club. This adventure has inspired them, and they are already recruiting other students to join them next year! The possibilities of the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi constantly rejuvenates my curiosity and enhances the creativity that I get to bring to my teaching — both inside and outside the classroom.

Learn more

Learn more about the free programmes and resources Yolanda has used on her computer science education journey, such as Picademy, Code Club, and Coolest Projects, by visiting the Teach section of our website.

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Hooray, Picademy is back! We’re excited to bring our free computer science and digital making professional development program for educators to three new cities this summer:

Picademy 2019 dates

We’re thrilled to kick off our 2019 season, partnering with three new venues: we’ll be at Computer History Museum in the Bay Area the first week in June, at the University of California, Irvine in July, and at the Toronto Public Library in the second week in August. A big thank you to these venues for hosting us and supporting local educators to attend our free professional development program!

Picademy 2018 highlights

Last year, we partnered with four awesome venues to host eight Picademy events in the United States. Across the country at each Picademy, we met incredibly talented educators who are passionate about bringing digital making to their learners. Whether at the Liberty Science Center makerspace, on Georgia Tech University’s campus, or within the archives of the Living Computer Museum, we were truly inspired by all of our Picademy attendees, and thrilled to welcome them to the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educator community.

The 2018 Picademy cohorts were diverse and 邪恶视频啪啪d in their field: more than 300 educators from 48 different U.S. states and 9 countries participated — a mix of high school, middle, and elementary classroom teachers, librarians, museum staff, university lecturers, and teacher trainers. We loved having the chance to welcome educators from such different backgrounds and help them learn, connect, collaborate, and create awesome projects together.

Picademy has a big impact on educators: last year, 78% of our graduates said they felt confident using 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi after attending, and 70% said they were very likely to share their 邪恶视频啪啪 with their students and colleagues. And the majority of our Picademy attendees also developed an interest in starting a Code Club or a CoderDojo in their community!

Ready to join us for Picademy 2019? Learn more and apply now.

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That's a wrap on #Picademy North America 2018! We welcomed over 300 educators in Denver, Jersey City, Atlanta and Seattle to the @邪恶啪啪啪视频_Pi community. Congrats and go forth on your digital making journey! 😀🙌 pic.twitter.com/aMyHr2KkuL

— Drew (@baseandbreak) August 27, 2018

Picademy North America

Picademy is a free, two-day training program that helps educators jump start their digital making journey. On day one, educators explore digital making with the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi computer: blinking LEDs, taking pictures, making motors spin, sensing their environment, and composing music. On day two, they take what they’ve learned from these 邪恶视频啪啪s and collaborate with a team to design and build their own real world project.

Big interest

We received over 1400 applications for this year’s program, a 40% increase from last year. This enormous interest came from educators in North America and across the globe; we received applications from 49 different U.S. States and 20 countries. And it’s not just classroom teachers either. More than half of our applicants worked outside of a traditional classroom environment, as librarians, after-school providers, teacher trainers, museum educators, and technology coordinators. Out of this pool, we accepted 313 educators to our Picademy 2018 workshops in Denver, Jersey City, Atlanta, and Seattle.

Big impact

We want to make sure that the work we do is having the impact we we intend, so we ask educators who come to Picademy about their skills, 邪恶视频啪啪, and confidence before they participate in the program and afterwards. Before Picademy, only 13% said they felt confident using using a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi computer. After attending, this number rose significantly, with 78% now confident using 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi. This increase in confidence matched their sense of professional growth: the majority of educators said that learning new content and gaining new skills were the most memorable parts of their Picademy 邪恶视频啪啪.

We also had 100% of attendees indicate that they would recommend Picademy to a colleague, and 70% report that they are very likely to share their learnings with fellow educators. This means an even greater number of educators, those who work alongside 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educators, will hopefully be impacted by Picademy workshop offerings.

“Picademy was such an engaging and hands-on 邪恶视频啪啪. Every workshop and project was practical, tangible and most importantly, fun” — Amanda Valledor, Boston, MA

Next steps

What do educators go on to accomplish after Picademy? We’re actively gathering this data as we follow up with our certified educators, but based on feedback surveys we know that 58% of this season’s attendees are interested in starting a Code Club or CoderDojo in their community. We also saw that over 70% of educators are interested in leading a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi event or training; this could mean a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Jam, an educator workshop, or a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi-themed summer camp. Our team will continue to support each and every 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educator as they continue on their digital making journey.

Thank you @邪恶啪啪啪视频_Pi for allowing each of us to come and get “debugged”, rewrite our “code”, and “program” our future moves as educators! #picademy #邪恶色情网站 #picademyseattle #edtech @iluvteaching72 @MrsNatto pic.twitter.com/37jMYDZThF

— Carrie Northcott (@CarrieNorthcott) August 11, 2018

Special thanks to Dana and everyone else who helped to lead an awesome Picademy program this season. If you’d like to take a deeper dive, feel free to explore all of our data and findings in the Picademy North America 2018 Report.

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Their three-day digital making adventure was led by MakerTechPR’s José Rullán and 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educator Alex Martínez. They ran the event as part of the Robot Makers challenge organized by Yees! and sponsored by Puerto Rico’s Department of Economic Development and Trade to promote entrepreneurial skills within Puerto Rico’s education system.

Over 30 educators attended the workshop, which covered the use of the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi 3 as a computer and digital making resource. The educators received a kit consisting of a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi 3 with an Explorer HAT Pro and an Arduino Uno. At the end of the workshop, the educators were able to keep the kit as a demonstration unit for their classrooms. They were enthusiastic to learn new concepts and immerse themselves in the world of physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频.

In their first session, the educators were introduced to the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi as an affordable technology for robotic clubs. In their second session, they explored physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频 and the coding languages needed to control the Explorer HAT Pro. They started off coding with Scratch, with which some educators had 邪恶视频啪啪, and ended with controlling the GPIO pins with Python. In the final session, they learned how to develop applications using the powerful combination of Arduino and 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi for robotics projects. This gave them a better understanding of how they could engage their students in physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频.

“The 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi ecosystem is the perfect solution in the classroom because to us it is very resourceful and accessible.” – Alex Martínez

Computer science and robotics courses are important for many schools and teachers in Puerto Rico. The simple idea of programming a microcontroller from a $35 computer increases the chances of more students having access to more technology to create things.

Puerto Rico’s education system has faced enormous challenges after Hurricane Maria, including economic collapse and the government’s closure of many schools due to the exodus of families from the island. By attending training like this workshop, educators in Puerto Rico are becoming more 邪恶视频啪啪d in fields like robotics in particular, which are key for 21st-century skills and learning. This, in turn, can lead to more educational opportunities, and hopefully the reopening of more schools on the island.

“We find it imperative that our children be taught STEM disciplines and skills. Our goal is to continue this work of spreading digital making and computer science using the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi around Puerto Rico. We want our children to have the best education possible.” – Alex Martínez

After attending Picademy in 2016, Alex has integrated the 邪恶成人影视’s online resources into his classroom. He has also taught small workshops around the island and in the local Puerto Rican makerspace community. José is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, educator and hobbyist who enjoys learning to use technology and sharing his knowledge through projects and challenges.

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United Nations Sustainable Goals

The past couple of weeks in our Innovation Lab class, our teacher, Mr Aviles, has challenged us students to design a project that helps solve one of the United Nations Sustainable Goals. We chose Climate Action. Innovation Lab is a class that gives students the opportunity to learn about where the crossroads of technology, the environment, and entrepreneurship meet. Everyone takes their own paths in innovation and learns about the environment using project-based learning.

邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Oracle Weather Station

For our climate change challenge, we decided to build a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Oracle Weather Station. Tackling the issues of climate change in a way that helps our community stood out to us because we knew with the help of this weather station we can send the local data to farmers and fishermen in town. Recent changes in climate have been affecting farmers’ crops. Unexpected rain, heat, and other unusual weather patterns can completely destabilize the natural growth of the plants and destroy their crops altogether. The amount of labour output needed by farmers has also significantly increased, forcing farmers to grow more food on less resources. By using our 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Oracle Weather Station to alert local farmers, they can be more prepared and aware of the weather, leading to better crops and safe boating.

Growing teamwork and coding skills

The process of setting up our weather station was fun and simple. 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi made the instructions very easy to understand and read, which was very helpful for our team who had little 邪恶视频啪啪 in coding or physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频. We enjoyed working together as a team and were happy to be growing our teamwork skills.

Once we constructed and coded the weather station, we learned that we needed to support the station with PVC pipes. After we completed these steps, we brought the weather station up to the roof of the school and began collecting data. Our information is currently being sent to the Initial State dashboard so that we can share the information with anyone interested. This information will also be recorded and seen by other schools, businesses, and others from around the world who are using the weather station. For example, we can see the weather in countries such as France, Greece and Italy.

邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi allows us to build these amazing projects that help us to enjoy coding and physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频 in a fun, engaging, and impactful way. We picked climate change because we care about our community and would like to make a substantial contribution to our town, Fair Haven, New Jersey. It is not every day that kids are given these kinds of opportunities, and we are very lucky and grateful to go to a school and learn from a teacher where these opportunities are given to us. Thanks, Mr Aviles!

To see more awesome projects by Mr Avile’s class, you can keep up with him on his blog and follow him on Twitter.

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If you’re an educator from the UK, chances are you’ve heard of Bett. For everyone else: Bett stands for British Education Technology Tradeshow. It’s the El Dorado of edtech, where every street is adorned with interactive whiteboards, VR headsets, and new technologies for the classroom. Every year since 2014, the 邪恶成人影视 has been going to the event hosted in the ExCeL London to chat to thousands of lovely educators about our free programmes and resources.

On a mission

Our setup this year consisted of four pods (imagine tables on steroids) in the STEAM village, and the mission of our highly trained team of education agents was to establish a new world record for Highest number of teachers talked to in a four-day period. I’m only half-joking.

Educators with a mission

Meeting educators

The best thing about being at Bett is meeting the educators who use our free content and training materials. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the everyday tasks of the office without stopping to ask: “Hey, have we asked our users what they want recently?” Events like Bett help us to connect with our audience, creating some lovely moments for both sides. We had plenty of Hello World authors visit us, including Gary Stager, co-author of Invent to Learn, a must-read for any 邪恶啪啪啪视频 educator. More than 700 people signed up for a digital subscription, we had numerous lovely conversations about our content and about ideas for new articles, and we met many new authors expressing an interest in writing for us in the future.

We also talked to lots of 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educators who we’d trained in our free Picademy programme — new dates in Belfast and Dublin now! — and who are now doing exciting and innovative things in their local areas. For example, Chris Snowden came to tell us about the great digital making outreach work he has been doing with the Eureka! museum in Yorkshire.

邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educator Chris Snowden

Digital making for kids

The other best thing about being at Bett is running workshops for young learners and seeing the delight on their faces when they accomplish something they believed to be impossible only five minutes ago. On the Saturday, we ran a massive 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Jam/Code Club where over 250 children, parents, and curious onlookers got stuck into some of our 邪恶啪啪啪视频 activities. We were super happy to find out that we’d won the Bett Kids’ Choice Award for Best Hands-on 邪恶视频啪啪 — a fantastic end to a busy four days. With Bett over for another year, our tired and happy ‘rebel alliance’ from across the 邪恶视频啪啪 still had the energy to pose for a group photo.

Celebrating our ‘Best Hands-on 邪恶视频啪啪’ award

More events

You can find out more about starting a Code Club here, and if you’re running a Jam, why not get involved with our global 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Jam Big Birthday Weekend celebrations in March?

We’ll be at quite a few events in 2018, including the Big Bang Fair in March — do come and say hi.

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We’re thrilled to kick off our 2018 season! Before we get started, let’s take a look back at our community’s accomplishments in the 2017 Picademy North America season.

Picademy 2017 highlights

Last year, we partnered with four awesome venues to host eight Picademy events in the United States. At every event across the country, we met incredibly talented educators passionate about bringing digital making to their learners. Whether it was at Ann Arbor District Library’s makerspace, UC Irvine’s College of Engineering, or a creative community center in Boise, Idaho, we were truly inspired by all our Picademy attendees and were thrilled to welcome them to the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educator community.

The 2017 Picademy cohorts were a diverse bunch with a lot of 邪恶视频啪啪 in their field. We welcomed more than 300 educators from 32 U.S. states and 10 countries. They were a mix of high school, middle school, and elementary classroom teachers, librarians, museum staff, university lecturers, and teacher trainers. More than half of our attendees were teaching computer science or technology already, and over 90% were specifically interested in incorporating physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频 into their work.

Picademy has a strong and lasting impact on educators. Over 80% of graduates said they felt confident using 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi after attending, and 88% said they were now interested in leading a digital making event in their community. To showcase two wonderful examples of this success: Chantel Mason led a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi workshop for families and educators in her community in St. Louis, Missouri this fall, and Dean Palmer led a digital making station at the Computer Science for Rhode Island Summit in December.

Picademy 2018 dates

This year, we’re partnering with four new venues to host our Picademy season.

We’ll be at mindSpark Learning in Denver the first week in June, at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City later that month, at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in mid-July, and finally at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle in August.

A big thank you to each of these venues for hosting us and supporting our free educator professional development program!

Ready to join us for Picademy 2018? Learn more and apply now: rpf.io/picademy2018.

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Meet the RCEs

Out of the dozens of RCEs who attended, here are three awesome members of our community and their ISTE 2017 stories:

Nicholas Provenzano, Makerspace Director at University Liggett School and the original nerdy teacher, shared his ideas for designing innovative STEAM and maker projects. He also knocked our socks off by building his own digital badge using a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Zero to stream tweets from the conference.

What's up w/ @邪恶啪啪啪视频_Pi & digital making? Serious knowledge dropping at #ISTE17 #picademy pic.twitter.com/6yKIaRRWi4

— Drew (@baseandbreak) June 28, 2017

Amanda Haughs, TOSA Digital Innovation Coach in Campbell Union School District and digital learning champion, shared her ideas for engaging elementary school learners in technology and digital making. She also went next level with her ISTE swag, creating a wearable 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi tote bag combining sewing and circuitry.

New post: "Pi Tote– a sewing and circuitry project w/the @邪恶啪啪啪视频_Pi Zero W"https://t.co/Fb1IFZMH1n#picademy #Maker #ISTE17 #PiZeroW pic.twitter.com/SqYe1s3a0x

— Amanda Haughs (@MsHaughs) July 8, 2017

Rafranz Davis, Executive Director of Professional and Digital Learning for Lufkin ISD and edtech leader extraordinaire, shared her vision for making innovation and digital learning more equitable and accessible for all. She also received the ISTE 2017 Award for Outstanding Leadership in recognition of her innovative work in education and in advancing student-driven learning as well as her efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across learning environments.

At #iste17, @rafranzdavis speaks about the privilege of access. How do we make innovation less privileged? #edtechc… https://t.co/6foMzgfE6f

— EdSurge (@EdSurge) June 26, 2017

Rafranz, Nicholas, and Amanda are all members of our original Picademy cohorts in the United States. Since summer 2016, more than 300 educators have attended US Picademy events and joined the RCE community. Be on the lookout later this year for our 2018 season events and sign up here for updates.

The 邪恶视频啪啪 at ISTE 2017

Oh, and the 邪恶成人影视 team was also at ISTE 2017 and we’re not too shabby either : ). We held a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Jam, which saw some fantastic projects from 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educators — the 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Preserve Jar from Heidi Baynes, Scratch student projects from Bradley Quentin and Kimberly Boyce, and Sense HAT activities with Efren Rodriguez.

But that’s not all we got up to! You can learn more about our team’s presentations — including on how to send a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi to near space — on our ISTE conference page here.

Our #ISTE17 crew had a PACKED day in San Antonio. If you didn't catch them today, see where they'll be: https://t.co/Rt0ec7PF7S pic.twitter.com/LBAeuqVUVj

— 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi (@邪恶啪啪啪视频_Pi) June 27, 2017

Join the fold

Inspired by all this education goodness? You can become a 邪恶啪啪啪视频 Pi Certified Educator as well! All you need to do is attend one of our free two-day Picademy courses held across the US and UK. Join this amazing community of more than 1,000 teachers, librarians, and volunteers, and help more people learn about digital making.

If you’re interested in what our RCEs do at Picademy, check out our free online courses. These are available to anyone, and you can use them to learn about teaching coding and physical 邪恶啪啪啪视频 from the comfort of your home.

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