A $25 Handheld Computer for Education
Raspberry Pi is a new credit card-sized computer designed specifically to teach computer programming to students. The device is the brainchild of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a U.K. charity that “exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level” and wants “to put the fun back into learning computing.” ...
Pledge Ada Lovelace Day
I pledge that for Ada Lovelace Day I will publish a blog post on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 about a woman in technology whom I admire. Details: Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces ...