AITP Introduces the Raspberry Pi to Local School

On March 17th Dr. John Drake and the ECU AITP student chapter (Association for Information Technology Professionals) visited Greenville Montessori School to work with 4th – 6th grade students on projects that dealt with setting up computers and basic computer programming skills.

The projects used the Raspberry Pi, a credit-card sized computer that plugs into a monitor, mouse, and keyboard, allowing users to learn computer programming through fun, practical projects.

Students were able to understand the main internal parts that make up a computer as well as code and execute a simple program that they created. It was rewarding to see the interest and enthusiasm among the students when learning about computers and programming.

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