Teacher has book published

A teacher has achieved a lifelong ambition to have a computer coding book published.

Dan Aldred, 41, Head of Computer Science at Thirsk School and Sixth Form College, has written Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids, which has now been published by the US company No Starch Press.

The book, which is aimed at children from age ten, contains step-by-step instructions and detailed diagrams for 12 exciting projects, including a social media mirror which notifies you when a message has come in, a nature box with an in-built camera for the garden and an MP3 player. There is also a project where children can play rock, paper, scissors against the computer.

All projects are based around the Raspberry Pi, an inexpensive, pocket-sized computer that helps enthusiasts build and code their own work….