{"id":928521,"date":"2021-09-14T08:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=928521"},"modified":"2021-09-14T08:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T12:58:30","slug":"free-computer-science-courseware-and-hardware-for-american-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=928521","title":{"rendered":"Free computer science courseware and hardware for American educators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we\u2019re announcing two brand-new, fantastic, free online courses for educators in the USA. And to kickstart their learning journey, we are giving qualified US-based educators the chance to get a free Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller hardware kit. This is all thanks to our partners at Infosys Foundation USA, who are committed to expanding access to computer science and maker education in public schools across the United States.<\/p>\n

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Bring computer science to your students with the help of our new free online courses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

You can find both new courses on the Pathfinders Online Institute<\/a> platform, which supports US classroom educators to bring high-quality computer science and maker education content to their kindergarten through 12th grade students. And best of all, the platform is completely free!<\/p>\n

Learn how to teach the essentials of programming<\/h2>\n

The first course we\u2019ve created for you is called Programming essentials in Scratch<\/em><\/a>. It supports teachers to introduce the essentials of programming to fourth to eighth grade students. The course covers the key concepts of programming, such as variables, selection, and iteration. In addition to learning how to teach programming effectively, teachers will also discover how to inspire their students and help them create music, interactive quizzes, dance animations, and more.<\/p>\n

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Scratch is a block-based programming language and ideal for teaching key programming concepts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Discover how to teach physical computing<\/h2>\n

Our second new course for you is called Design, build, and code a rover with Raspberry Pi Pico<\/em><\/a>. It gives teachers of fourth to eighth grade students everything they need to start teaching physical computing in their classroom. Teachers will develop their students\u2019 knowledge of the subject by using basic circuits, coding a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller to work with motors and LEDs, and designing algorithms to navigate a rover through a maze. By the end of the course, teachers will have all the resources they need to inspire students and help them explore practical programming, system design, and prototyping.<\/p>\n

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Take our free course to learn how to build and code a rover with your students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Get one of 1,000 free hardware kits<\/h3>\n

And thanks to the generous support of Infosys Foundation USA, we\u2019re able to provide qualified educators with a FREE kit of materials<\/strong> to participate in the Design, build, and code a rover with Raspberry Pi Pico<\/em> course. We\u2019re especially excited about this because the kit includes our first-ever microcontroller, Raspberry Pi Pico<\/a>. This offer is available to 1,000 US-based K\u201312 public or charter school teachers on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n

To claim your kit, just create a free account on Pathfinders Online Institute<\/a> and start the course. On the first page of the course, you\u2019ll receive instructions on how to apply for a free kit.<\/p>\n

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The first 1,000 qualified educators who sign up for Design, build, and code a rover with Raspberry Pi Pico<\/em> receive all a free hardware kit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

If you\u2019re not a qualified educator, or if you\u2019ve missed out on the opportunity to get the free hardware, we still welcome you to join the course! You can find the materials yourself, or purchase the kit from our partners at PiShop.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Infosys Foundation USA<\/h2>\n

All of us at the Raspberry Pi Foundation want to thank the Infosys Foundation USA team for collaborating with us on this new resource and learning opportunity for educators. We appreciate and share their commitment to support computer science and maker education.<\/p>\n

The post Free computer science courseware and hardware for American educators<\/a> appeared first on Raspberry Pi<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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