Meet the team and your fellow learners

- Computing clubs in your school or local community centre
- Educational events for students and teachers
- High-quality, peer-reviewed resources written by experienced teachers
- Fun and engaging computing tutorials on our projects site
- Online training courses like this one
Chief learning officer: Sue Sentance

Meet your course facilitators
Our team is made up of both former and current teachers of computing, with loads of classroom experience.Marc Scott is an ex-teacher who’s responsible for creating and managing Raspberry Pi educational resources. He’s passionate about open education, Emacs, and martial arts.
Introduce yourself
The best way to learn is by collaborating with other amazing people.With this in mind, please introduce yourself to your fellow learners by commenting at the bottom of the page.Think about answering these questions:- What made you take the course?
- What are you hoping to learn?
- What steps will you take to ensure that you will complete the course, for example by setting aside some ‘do not disturb’ time in your schedule each week, or by inviting a colleague to take it with you?
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