Carrie Anne PhilbinMBE is an English teacher of computer science and an author. She is a director of educator support[2] at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and chairs the Computing At School (CAS) diversity and inclusion group, #CASInclude. She wrote the computing book Adventures in Raspberry Pi (2013) for teenagers. She runs the YouTube channel Geek Gurl Diaries and in 2017, was the host for Crash Course Computer Science.[3]
Philbin studied history at the University of Essex. She taught herself to program and manage computer systems after she graduated.[4] She trained as a school computing teacher and worked in East London.[when?][4]
In 2019, Philbin was 17th in Computer Weekly's 50 'Most Influential Women in UK Tech' shortlist for her role as Director of Education at the Raspberry Pi Foundation[20]
Geek Gurl Diariesedit
Geek Gurl Diaries was created by Philbin in 2012 to communicate to young people how exciting and creative science and engineering are.[21] It has 34,000 subscribers on YouTube.[22] It won the TalkTalk Digital Heroes award in 2013.[23]
Adventures in Raspberry Piedit
Adventures in Raspberry Pi first published in 2013 with subsequent editions published in 2014, 2015 and 2016.[1][24][25] It contains an introduction to programming as well as 10 projects and instructional videos.
Crash Courseedit
In 2017 Philbin partnered with Crash Course to create a series of videos explaining the origins of modern computing.[26] The series consists of 41 videos, with between 177,000 and 3,200,000 viewers.[27][28]
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Carrie Anne Philbin MBE is an English teacher of computer science and an author She is a director of educator support 2 at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and chairs the Computing At School CAS diversity and inclusion group CASInclude She wrote the computing book Adventures in Raspberry Pi 2013 for teenagers She runs the YouTube channel Geek Gurl Diaries and in 2017 was the host for Crash Course Computer Science 3 Carrie Anne PhilbinMBEPhilbin on her YouTube channel Geek Gurl Diaries in 2012Alma materUniversity of EssexUniversity of East LondonEmployer s Raspberry Pi FoundationPython Software FoundationKnown forAdventures in Raspberry Pi 1 Crash Course Computer ScienceWebsitegeekgurldiaries wbr co wbr ukThis article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Carrie Anne Philbin news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Geek Gurl Diaries 2 2 Adventures in Raspberry Pi 2 3 Crash Course 3 Awards and honours 4 ReferencesEarly life and education editPhilbin studied history at the University of Essex She taught herself to program and manage computer systems after she graduated 4 She trained as a school computing teacher and worked in East London when 4 Career edit nbsp Carrie Anne Philbin speaking at the Raspberry Pi birthday party at the Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge in 2015 Philbin has been responsible for teaching children and teachers how to code in Python programming language and the Scratch programming language 5 In 2014 she began to work at the Raspberry Pi Foundation 6 She is a Google Certified Teacher and was a Skype Movement Maker 7 8 Philbin leads strategy continuing professional development CPD program and learning at the Raspberry Pi Foundation 9 She was an advisor to the Department for Education for the UK s first computing curriculum 10 In 2016 she was named as one of Computer Weeklys most influential women rising stars 11 She chairs the Computing At School diversity and inclusion program and was a member of the board of directors at Python Software Foundation until 2017 12 She was appointed a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation and named Computer Weekly s third most influential woman in IT in 2017 13 14 She is a founder member of CasInclude an organisation supporting diversity in computing for children in school She won the 2018 FDM Group Everywoman Tech Digital Star Award 15 Philbin is a regular speaker at conferences like the British Educational Training and Technology Show BETT Raspberry Jams 16 International Society for Technology in Education ISTE conference 9 and Python conferences PyCon AU 17 EuroPython 18 and PyCon UK 19 In 2019 Philbin was 17th in Computer Weekly s 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech shortlist for her role as Director of Education at the Raspberry Pi Foundation 20 Geek Gurl Diaries edit Geek Gurl Diaries was created by Philbin in 2012 to communicate to young people how exciting and creative science and engineering are 21 It has 34 000 subscribers on YouTube 22 It won the TalkTalk Digital Heroes award in 2013 23 Adventures in Raspberry Pi edit Adventures in Raspberry Pi first published in 2013 with subsequent editions published in 2014 2015 and 2016 1 24 25 It contains an introduction to programming as well as 10 projects and instructional videos Crash Course edit In 2017 Philbin partnered with Crash Course to create a series of videos explaining the origins of modern computing 26 The series consists of 41 videos with between 177 000 and 3 200 000 viewers 27 28 Awards and honours editShe was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to education 29 30 References edit a b Philbin Carrie Anne 2013 Adventures in Raspberry Pi first ed Chichester United Kingdom John Wiley amp Sons ISBN 9781118751251 Why Raspberry Pi is still the white knight of education Opensource com Retrieved 2020 12 23 Carrie Anne Philbin at IMDb nbsp a b Carrie Anne Philbin Next Tech Girls Nexttechgirls com Archived from the original on 2018 07 28 Retrieved 2018 07 28 Head Tim 2016 03 15 Coding is for everyone Educationalappstore com Retrieved 2018 07 28 Why Raspberry Pi is still the white knight of education Opensource com Retrieved 2018 07 28 Border Free Travels 2014 09 30 Carrie Anne Philbin Skype s Technology Brand Ambassador retrieved 2018 07 29 Adventures in Raspberry Pi Book Review MyHydroPi com Retrieved 2018 07 28 a b ISTE 2017 Conference iste org Retrieved 2018 07 28 Coding for kids is cool with Raspberry Pi and this elementary guide Wiley com Archived from the original on 2018 07 28 Retrieved 2018 07 28 Most influential women in UK IT 2016 Rising Stars ComputerWeekly com Retrieved 2018 07 28 Finalists announced for 2016 Women in Open Source Awards Redhat com Retrieved 2018 07 28 McDonald Clare 2017 Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK IT 2017 ComputerWeekly com Retrieved 2018 07 28 PSF Fellow Membership Python org Retrieved 2018 07 28 2018 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards Everywoman 2017 07 19 Retrieved 2018 07 30 Raspberry Jamboree Raspberry Pi Raspberrypi org 27 February 2013 Retrieved 30 July 2018 Keynote Designed for education a Python solution pyvideo org Retrieved 23 December 2020 Keynote Designed for Education A Python Solution ep2018 europython eu Retrieved 23 December 2020 Panel Discussion Python in Education 2017 pyconuk org Retrieved 30 July 2018 Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2019 ComputerWeekly com Retrieved 2019 10 19 Welcome Geek Gurl Diaries Retrieved 2018 07 28 Geek Gurl Diaries YouTube Retrieved May 1 2022 Geek Gurl Diaries Geekgurldiaries blogspot com Retrieved 2018 07 28 Philbin Carrie Anne 2015 Adventures in Raspberry Pi 2nd ed Chichester West Sussex John Wiley amp Sons ISBN 9781119046028 Philbin Carrie Anne 2017 Adventures in Raspberry Pi 3rd ed John Wiley amp Sons ISBN 9781119269069 CrashCourse 2017 02 15 Crash Course Computer Science Preview retrieved 2018 07 28 CrashCourse 2017 02 22 Early Computing Crash Course Computer Science 1 retrieved 2022 12 21 Crash Course Computer Science with Carrie Anne Philbin Raspberry Pi Raspberrypi org 18 May 2017 Retrieved 30 July 2018 No 63135 The London Gazette Supplement 10 October 2020 p B21 Congratulations Carrie Anne Philbin MBE October 10 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carrie Anne Philbin amp oldid 1185630425, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
