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updated @ 06/04/2026 05:18:02

At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we believe that alongside learning to code, a crucial part of computing education is building AI literacy skills. Amidst the rapid pace of development and the growing impact of AI tools, it is increasingly important for educators everywhere to feel equipped to address the topic of AI with their learners,…

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Hayley McKechnie is a computing lead at a primary school in the East of England, who shares in this blog how she supports her students and her fellow teachers to build confidence around artificial intelligence (AI). She developed her skills through training delivered by Parent Zone, our partner for Experience AI in the UK. Artificial…

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Can AI support creativity? The technology is often framed as threatening creative work either by automating it or by encouraging imitation. But Professor Rebecca Fiebrink’s work in creative machine learning suggests a more useful way to think about this relationship. In our March research seminar, she showed how machine learning can help people work with…

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In April, young tech creators gathered at Explorium in Dublin for Coolest Projects Ireland 2026, a lively, creative celebration of young makers and their digital projects. This year’s event was held as part of Kinia’s Creative Technology Week, and welcomed over 100 young people, showcasing more than 80 incredible tech projects. Participants included young people…

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We are working with partner organisations around the world to support teachers in building confidence with AI in the classroom through our Experience AI programme. In this guest post, Catarina Marques from our partner TUMO Portugal shares what the organisation is learning from delivering training to educators. Whenever we run Experience AI training sessions, we…

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Imagine places for young people to not just learn to use technology but to understand it, shape it, and build with it. That’s what you can create by partnering with the Raspberry Pi Foundation on Code Club, the global movement of computing clubs where school-age young people develop the confidence to create with digital technologies.…

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Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are often presented as objective. But plenty of evidence shows that AI systems can reflect and reinforce existing inequalities, from healthcare and education to scientific research itself. In the first seminar of our new research seminar series on applied AI, Thema Monroe-White from George Mason University explored how we can better…

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Coolest Projects USA Minnesota returned for its second year in the state on 11 April, with the celebration of creativity and coding coming to the Science Museum of Minnesota once again. At its heart, Coolest Projects is about giving young tech creators the opportunity to be seen and heard, and to share something they’ve made…

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Experience AI has grown into a global effort to build AI literacy in schools, supporting educators and young people around the world to better understand and critically engage with AI technologies. We recently brought Experience AI to Uzbekistan through a new collaboration with UNICEF. Together, we are integrating Experience AI into the Tinkering with Tech…

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What does great training for computing teachers look like? High-quality professional development (PD) is one of the most effective ways to improve your students’ outcomes, and participating in PD is a core part of being a teacher. By changing and refining your teaching practices, you can create a direct, positive impact on the young people…

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