Who is pi-top?
Do you find it intimidating to integrate hardware into lessons?
Further, our turnkey CS teaching platform connects 300+ hours of premade CSTA-aligned lessons with pi-top [4] hardware to make CS education easy.
License Includes: 1 Year of Further for teachers and students
Grades: 4+
Number of Students: ___
Curriculum Includes:
- Beginner Courses and Lessons utilizing Block-pi (a block based coding language)
- Lessons to transition to Python (text-based programming language)
- Beginner & Advanced Python courses & lessons
- Robotics, AI, and machine learning
- As well as core subject + CS interdisciplinary content
Content Hours: 300+
Additional Resources: Further LMS Library Info, Getting Started with Further, Certifications & PD, CSTA Standards Alignment Docs, Sample Lesson Plan, Supporting Neurodiversity
Customize your teaching
Further’s projects are highly customizable, making it simple to modify sections, change them to reference items available in your school, and filter them based on state standards.
Register using Google Classroom or Clever
Classes can be imported from Clever or Google Classroom. When they are, the students within the class are also imported which means you can get working and managing your classes with just a few clicks, helping you ensure your students stay engaged and learning stays on track wherever they are. Talk with us about integrating with other cloud-based LMS.
Deploy code from Further to a pi-top
Further can be accessed from any computer such as Chromebook, Mac, PC, or a pi-top device. Our Code Runner boxes allow students to write code on their computers, send code to the pi-top [4] for execution, and interact with it in real-time.
Training sessions & facilitator guides
We provide 10 hours of training with each school license, plus guides to help you use pi-top’s ecosystem within your classroom for better learning outcomes.
Check out more here.