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Hello, my name is Edmond Lascaris and I'm a Local Government Officer at the City of Whittlesea in Melbourne Australia. I work in the Sustainability Environment Department and for the last ten years I've been doing outreach program in locals schools and libraries teaching sustainability using environmental sensors. The sensors give students real data on the world around them and I think this | Hello, my name is Edmond Lascaris and I'm a Local Government Officer at the City of Whittlesea in Melbourne Australia. I work in the Sustainability Environment Department and for the last ten years I've been doing outreach program in locals schools and libraries teaching sustainability using environmental sensors. The sensors give students real data on the world around them and I think this makes the subject matter more real and tangible to students. | ||
= Raspberry Pi = | |||
It all began back in 2012 when the department I was in had a little money left over to do waste education in schools. The Raspberry Pi computer had just been developed in the UK. If you're not already familiar with the Raspberry Pi it is a small credit card sized computer that only costs a few tens of pounds. It was designed to encourage more young people to start hacking and learning about technology. You just need plug in a monitor, mouse, keyboard and a small power supply. | |||
I used the small amount of funding available to buy some Raspberry Pi computers and then rang around to different universities to see if they had old computer equipment. One university (La Trobe) said yes and that allowed us to build a computer lab for Lalor Primary School. | |||
Revision as of 20:21, 10 February 2023
Introduction
Hello, my name is Edmond Lascaris and I'm a Local Government Officer at the City of Whittlesea in Melbourne Australia. I work in the Sustainability Environment Department and for the last ten years I've been doing outreach program in locals schools and libraries teaching sustainability using environmental sensors. The sensors give students real data on the world around them and I think this makes the subject matter more real and tangible to students.
Raspberry Pi
It all began back in 2012 when the department I was in had a little money left over to do waste education in schools. The Raspberry Pi computer had just been developed in the UK. If you're not already familiar with the Raspberry Pi it is a small credit card sized computer that only costs a few tens of pounds. It was designed to encourage more young people to start hacking and learning about technology. You just need plug in a monitor, mouse, keyboard and a small power supply.
I used the small amount of funding available to buy some Raspberry Pi computers and then rang around to different universities to see if they had old computer equipment. One university (La Trobe) said yes and that allowed us to build a computer lab for Lalor Primary School.