After the introduction to the Raspberry Pi for my Year 4 students, I am starting to get parents asking about it. Their children have been telling them about it and are obviously excited. This is a change from the usual order of things, where, when asked what they have done in school on any day, their response will often be, "Nothing."
So the fact that they are telling their parents is a good development!
My plan now is to produce an information leaflet for interested students and their parents, explaining where they can get one from and what else they will need to make it work. (Although they can just ask their children about the latter!)
Then, as the Raspberry Pi begin to arrive I can provide details of what they need to do to get them up and running, perhaps running after school sessions in the computer lab where we can work through the steps together.
This could then develop into a Raspberry Pi club in school doing Scratch, Python, physical computing, Linux, ...
I've very excited by this prospect!
So the fact that they are telling their parents is a good development!
My plan now is to produce an information leaflet for interested students and their parents, explaining where they can get one from and what else they will need to make it work. (Although they can just ask their children about the latter!)
Then, as the Raspberry Pi begin to arrive I can provide details of what they need to do to get them up and running, perhaps running after school sessions in the computer lab where we can work through the steps together.
This could then develop into a Raspberry Pi club in school doing Scratch, Python, physical computing, Linux, ...
I've very excited by this prospect!