Could children learn faster through gaming? Schools use games in physics, algebra and computer programming. They also experiment with new cost-effective hardware like Raspberry Pi.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation released its credit card-sized motherboard last year. It costs £30 and runs Linux – so no licence fee. It is designed for schools to teach computer programming cheaply.
Carvey Francis, head of ICT at Forest Gate Community School in east London, thinks the Pi is?“amazing”.
She explained: “I can’t believe it hasn’t been done before. You can hook up a keyboard and monitor, you can use code just as much as with a normal computer.
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