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SUMMARY:Digital Making: Encouraging creativity in the classroom and integr
 ating STEAM project-based learning - Carrie Anne Philbin\, Education Pione
 er\, Raspberry Pi Foundation
DTSTART:20160418T150000Z
DTEND:20160418T173000Z
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CONTACT:Pamela Burnard
DESCRIPTION:Resolving complex challenges and creating practical solutions 
 are key skills required in a 21st century workforce. This session lead by 
 STEM in education thought leader from Raspberry Pi Foundation will explore
  the advantages of design thinking strategies for innovation\, and project
  based learning through creativity. \n\n*Carrie Anne Philbin* is an award 
 winning secondary Computing & ICT teacher and now leads the education miss
 ion as Education Pioneer at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Author of _Advent
 ures in Raspberry Pi_\, a computing book for teenagers wanting to get star
 ted with Raspberry Pi and programming. Carrie Anne is the creator of a You
 Tube series for teenage girls called _The Geek Gurl Diaries_\, which won h
 er a Talk Talk Digital Hero Award in 2013. The episodes include interviews
  with women working in technology and hands on computer science based tuto
 rials. Carrie Anne is Chair of the Computing at Schools initiative to get 
 more girls and minority groups into computing called CAS #Include. As well
  as a CAS Board member\, Carrie Anne was also elected to the board of dire
 ctors of the Python Software Foundation. In 2012 Carrie Anne became a Goog
 le certified teacher and more recently a Skype Ambassador.\n
LOCATION:DMB GS1\, Faculty of Education\, Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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