Nybble: The Open-Source Robot Kitten with Cattitude Nybble formerly known as OpenCat is a Raspberry Pi & Arduino board compatible 10″ long robot cat by Chinese roboticist Rongzhong Li. Li a physics PhD and computer science master took Nybble to […]
How to Install Additional Arduino Libraries
Posted on 6th July 2018 in Arduino Programming Lessons
The Arduino Integrated Development Environment (Arduino IDE) Software can be extend by adding additional Arduino code libraries. Please note the Arduino tutorial below is for Windows users and assumes you’ve already downloaded and installed the Arduino IDE software. What are […]
How to Download and Install the Arduino IDE Software
Posted on 4th July 2018 in Arduino Programming Lessons
The Arduino Integrated Development Environment (Arduino IDE) is the free software required to interact with your Arduino controller board, without the Arduino IDE you can’t program your Arduino microcontroller to do cool stuff like control a cool robot car. Choose […]
What Age Can Coding be Taught to Primary School Students?
Posted on 4th June 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution, Scratch Programming Language
Question: At what age can a primary school teacher realistically start teaching coding to primary school students? When to Teach Coding in Primary Schools The short answer is any age, the UK National Curriculum introduces coding to KS1 students. How […]
DiddyBorg V2 Raspberry Pi Robot Kit Review
Posted on 2nd June 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution, Raspberry Pi Computers
The DiddyBorg V2 is a big kit for big people, a powerful robot kit for almost any Raspberry Pi hobby robot lover, though not really for total beginners. The PiBorg team have a history of making top-quality Pi robot kits, […]
What USB Ports are on the Raspberry Pi?
Posted on 1st June 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution, Raspberry Pi Computers
What USB Ports are on the Raspberry Pi? Full-Size Raspberry Pis Have USB 2.0 Ports Raspberry Pi boards like the Model A+, Model B+, 2, 3, and 3B+ have USB 2.0 ports. The Model A+ only has one, while all […]
Raspberry Pi SSH Tutorial
Posted on 31st May 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution, Raspberry Pi Computers
Use SSH With Your Raspberry Pi With SSH you can access a Raspberry Pi from another computer on your network. You’ll Need Raspberry Pi Raspbian OS Another computer on the network What is Secure Socket Shell (SSH)? Secure Socket Shell […]
Arduino Board Tutorial for Hackerspace Beginners
Posted on 28th May 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution
The Arduino a Really Special Little Microcontroller Board. From an Italian student watering hole, to conquering the Hackerspace world. If you were to walk into a typical Hackerspace, Hackspace or Makerspace hub as a beginner to the world of making […]
Teaching Advanced Programming Concepts with Scratch & ScratchJr
Posted on 21st May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution, Scratch Programming Language
Flow Control In Primary Programming: In primary programming, do learners need to understand the flow of control of their program? The National Curriculum in England KS1 and KS2 Computing programmes of study doesn’t mention the need to teach pupils the […]
3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthetic Arm School Project
Posted on 19th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Student-Centred Learning, An Educational Surprise. In the Netherlands, students work independently on final school projects. This manner of working requires an innovative approach: a student-centred learning environment. In the Netherlands, students have to carry out a final research project in […]
