There was lots of interest in the Pis from both students and parents alike, with many asking about how to get one and what other things could be done on it. After the evening I had many positive comments of how impressed parents were with the use of the Pis. Roll on buying the next set so we can run full Raspberry Pi classes!
Showing posts with label Sonic Pi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sonic Pi. Show all posts
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
A bit late...
After wondering what to do for Open Evening, I decided on using the Raspberry Pis and demonstrating Sonic Pi and using the Picamera with the GPIO pins to rig up a button. Great idea, but what about set up? Luckily I had my Sixth Form students last thing who helped me with putting the stations together, I had them try out Sonic Pi with the mini speakers and write a quick Python program to allow the cameras to take individual images all night and store them.
Friday, 4 July 2014
Very bad Music Composition!
After the other day of not getting any sound out of my headphones I decided to bring in my USB headset from home to try out, plugged it in....held my breath.....no luck.
I decided that I was going to be a bit more proactive about this today, as it was only 8:00am so I was feeling refreshed and ready to go. A quick Internet search and I found my answer, sort of, a fiddle with the configuration and forcing the headphones to give me sound, I was off, although very quietly. Second, even faster search and I had my answer, the number of little Post-it notes I have floating around in my Raspberry Pi shoe box (children's shoe box is a great size to keep everything Pi related in) is growing.
So, now I have sound and the ability to play with Sonic Pi, one swift round of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and I was off. One awesome scheme of work in the bag thanks to the excellent lessons provided on the Sonic Pi website and through the "Adventures in Raspberry Pi" book, a nice combination to keep everyone happy in class, and it covers a lot of theory in secret - even better!
Phew! It's Friday, off to run the dogs at Flyball on Sunday in Derbyshire. Hmm, I wonder if I (someone) could make a better light system using Raspberry Pis.....
I decided that I was going to be a bit more proactive about this today, as it was only 8:00am so I was feeling refreshed and ready to go. A quick Internet search and I found my answer, sort of, a fiddle with the configuration and forcing the headphones to give me sound, I was off, although very quietly. Second, even faster search and I had my answer, the number of little Post-it notes I have floating around in my Raspberry Pi shoe box (children's shoe box is a great size to keep everything Pi related in) is growing.
So, now I have sound and the ability to play with Sonic Pi, one swift round of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and I was off. One awesome scheme of work in the bag thanks to the excellent lessons provided on the Sonic Pi website and through the "Adventures in Raspberry Pi" book, a nice combination to keep everyone happy in class, and it covers a lot of theory in secret - even better!
Phew! It's Friday, off to run the dogs at Flyball on Sunday in Derbyshire. Hmm, I wonder if I (someone) could make a better light system using Raspberry Pis.....
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