Mark_Love

True Sheridan, but for us the build of a physical device such as a Robot arm or wheeled robot, then being able to see the final program writen by the pupils in action in a physical state I.E the motion of a device, is what we are looking for and the Pi provides this. if programing is all you looking for then running python or linux on a VM machine is ideal.

Ok so the general census is that you really need a dedicated room for them to live in, that makes sense when you consider the time and effort it takes to set them up and pack them away. We are looking at getting 30 in so quite time consuming. That said i have one on my desk and have been playing with it looking for ways that it can be used and how best it needs to be set up. After my desk looking like spaghetti junction for the last few days i decided to set up a remote desktop connection to it, this was surprisingly easy and actually works well, i now only have a power cable and a network cable plugged into the Paspberry Pi. This seems like an almost perfect solution, we can use our existing keyboards and mice + monitor. The students can remote in, do the lesson and if the Pi is attached to a robotic device then all that is needed is a network connection. This is almost too easy.... what have i missed?!

thanks for the feed back.... having them situated in there own room seems like the way to go, we are looking at the practical side as in building robots and robot arms as well, so moving the proposed 30 Pi's around the school for an hour lesson isnt really practical.

Hi All, just a quick one to see who uses the good old "Raspberry Pi" in your schools? what version of device you use and what advantages you have gained and pit falls you have encountered? Thanks in advance Mark