Adventures In Raspberry Pi
Carrie Anne Philbin
Language: English
Pages: 256
ISBN: 1118751256
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Coding for kids is cool with Raspberry Pi and this elementary guide
Even if your kids don't have an ounce of computer geek in them, they can learn to code with Raspberry Pi and this wonderful book. Written for 11- to 15-year-olds and assuming no prior computing knowledge, this book uses the wildly successful, low-cost, credit-card-sized Raspberry Pi computer to explain fundamental computing concepts. Young people will enjoy going through the book's nine fun projects while they learn basic programming and system administration skills, starting with the very basics of how to plug in the board and turn it on.
Each project includes a lively and informative video to reinforce the lessons. It's perfect for young, eager self-learners—your kids can jump in, set up their Raspberry Pi, and go through the lessons on their own.
- Written by Carrie Anne Philbin, a high school teacher of computing who advises the U.K. government on the revised ICT Curriculum
- Teaches 11- to 15-year-olds programming and system administration skills using Raspberry Pi
- Features 9 fun projects accompanied by lively and helpful videos
- Raspberry Pi is a $35/£25 credit-card-sized computer created by the non-profit Raspberry Pi Foundation; over a million have been sold
Help your children have fun and learn computing skills at the same time with Adventures in Raspberry Pi.
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like the Apple App Store. Try typing the following command in a terminal and then pressing Enter: sudo apt-get install scrot Scrot (which is short for screen shot) is an application that enables you to take pictures of the display on your Raspberry Pi screen. The sudo apt-get command tells Raspberry Pi to use the Internet connection to find and install the application on your Raspberry Pi. This command requires sudo because by installing a new application you are asking the Raspberry Pi to
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