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Would like to know if there are any cool projects with RPI for elementary kids, just to get them understand the importance of these mini computers. Hope they ca

Would like to know if there are any cool projects with RPI for elementary kids, just to get them understand the importance of these mini computers. Hope they can pick up light programming too with this. Any pointers please.

wang_li 7y ago
It doesn't exist, afaik, but a Rocky's Boots would be a nice thing to have on a pi.
flatiron 7y ago
What do your kids like to do? Any chance you could integrate a computer with it? My daughter loves to cook and dance and I haven’t found a way to integrate that with computers but she’s happy so I haven’t pressed it.
- eli 7y ago
  You could hook it up to some midi instruments
  - mixmastamyk 7y ago
    I tried that, the delay was too high to the synth. Not sure how to fix it.
- myhf 7y ago
  RoboCup Junior OnStage is a good example of integrating dance with computers. You can program sensors to detect triggers from humans and respond by moving props into place. There's a lot of freedom to choose what type of sensors, computers, and actuators to use. Search for videos of RoboCup OnStage to see some examples.
MarcScott 7y ago
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects?hardware%5B%5D=raspberry-pi https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects?hardware%5B%5D=...
SirZimzim 7y ago
There are endless possibilities. Kids would likely appreciate something like creating a console game emulator or wiring up hardware sensors to the raspberry pi.
kart23 7y ago
Have them set up a minecraft server with spigot if you have the 4G version. And then they can do mods and even make the server available over the internet if you can set up port forwarding and stuff. Yeah, not the most programming heavy task, but it's a good example to teach kids how these services actually work.
coolspot 7y ago
Look into Kano computers. They come as set of RPi, display, case and battery. Then kids assemble their own "tablet".

wang_li 7y ago

It doesn't exist, afaik, but a Rocky's Boots would be a nice thing to have on a pi.

flatiron 7y ago

What do your kids like to do? Any chance you could integrate a computer with it? My daughter loves to cook and dance and I haven’t found a way to integrate that with computers but she’s happy so I haven’t pressed it.

eli 7y ago
You could hook it up to some midi instruments
- mixmastamyk 7y ago
  I tried that, the delay was too high to the synth. Not sure how to fix it.
myhf 7y ago
RoboCup Junior OnStage is a good example of integrating dance with computers. You can program sensors to detect triggers from humans and respond by moving props into place. There's a lot of freedom to choose what type of sensors, computers, and actuators to use. Search for videos of RoboCup OnStage to see some examples.

MarcScott 7y ago

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects?hardware%5B%5D=raspberry-pi https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects?hardware%5B%5D=...

SirZimzim 7y ago

There are endless possibilities. Kids would likely appreciate something like creating a console game emulator or wiring up hardware sensors to the raspberry pi.

kart23 7y ago

Have them set up a minecraft server with spigot if you have the 4G version. And then they can do mods and even make the server available over the internet if you can set up port forwarding and stuff. Yeah, not the most programming heavy task, but it's a good example to teach kids how these services actually work.

coolspot 7y ago

Look into Kano computers. They come as set of RPi, display, case and battery. Then kids assemble their own "tablet".