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Community<br />
FEATURE<br />
THE MONTH IN<br />
RASPBERRY PI<br />
Everything else that happened this month in the world of Raspberry Pi<br />
GEARING UP<br />
FOR<br />
2017 YOUNG<br />
T<br />
hi yer the perry i wi e five yer<br />
old. It’s been a great few years for the little<br />
computer, but the Raspberry Pi Foundation<br />
team aren’t resting on their laurels yet.<br />
Pi Foundation CEO Philip Colligan detailed the<br />
plans for Raspberry Pi in 2017 in a blog on the<br />
website (you can read it here: magpi.cc/2ijU9rn).<br />
In it he talked about all the amazing things that<br />
happened just in 2016:<br />
“By any measure, the Raspberry Pi Foundation<br />
hd ntti . e ended the yer with over<br />
11 million Raspberry Pi computers sold, millions<br />
of people using our learning resources, almost<br />
ertified dutor in the nd <br />
hidren regury ttending over <br />
ode u in the hundred o perry<br />
m ting pe over the word ode written<br />
by schoolkids running in space (yes, space), and<br />
much, much more.”<br />
Here are some of the exciting things Philip talked<br />
about that are in store for Raspberry Pi in 2017:<br />
DIGITAL MAKERS<br />
Getting young people into computing has always<br />
been a big goal of the Raspberry Pi Foundation,<br />
and more is coming in 2017 to aid this. Code Clubs<br />
are opening up around the world and a brand new<br />
competition called Pioneers has launched to get<br />
teens excited about making.<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
The community is extremely important to Raspberry<br />
Pi – it’s one of the selling points of the hardware, to<br />
be quite honest. The Foundation will be increasing<br />
its outreach in the UK, and setting itself up as a<br />
charity in the US to help do more there.<br />
FREE EDUCATIONAL<br />
RESOURCES<br />
There are already loads of free<br />
online tutorials and lesson plans<br />
for learning to code with the<br />
Raspberry Pi, and many more will<br />
be coming in 2017. Raspberry Pi<br />
will also release a digital making<br />
curriculum (possibly by the time<br />
you read this) to help aid educators<br />
structure learning. There’s also<br />
a lot of video in the works...<br />
EDUCATORS<br />
As well as continuing to certify educators through<br />
Picademy courses, a brand new series of free online<br />
courses is available, with more to come. Check out our<br />
news section for more details.<br />
86 February 2017<br />
raspberrypi.org/magpi
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