Burning many SD cards in class. Teacher's Note

When burning many SD cards with a class of students you should be careful for:

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12 Feb 2018
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The image should already be downloaded to the PC. Downloading 10x, 4GB each might take some time. The software Etcher should be installed. Burning takes 15 minutes.

Downloading the images in advance

Each image is about 4GB. You can download it during class, but if you, as a teacher, organize the download of 10x images, each 4GB, you should be prepared that this will take a lot of time. Have the image already downloaded on the computers, or have it on a USB drive and copy it to all computers, or have it on a server at school. Doesn't matter. Just download it in advance.

Installing Etcher in advance

Depending on your classroom setup student might have the permission to install software on the computers, or they may not have. If they don't have permissions, then you should do it in advance. Probably you should contact the IT administrator or the person responsible for installing software on the computers.

Burning takes 15 minutes

Just the process of burning the image takes about 15 minutes. You should plan for this time with the students. This is a great opportunity to discuss and review the course up until know and to understand what have they learned.

Perfect Course SD Card Image with Raspbian OS

This is a disk image containing a Raspbian OS. The image is modified and set up specifically for the Perfect course. It contains all the needed files, libraries and additional tools that we would use in the course. The file is quite large so be prepared to wait some time while downloading.

Checksum: 4d85292f49a9350fcef9f2eb8fd86b77f1c6bd65ce1344848de3e201c9e1d20d

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Courses and lessons with this Tutorial

This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons

Perfect STEM course. Module 1 - Smart Car with Raspberry PI

Disassemble a remote control car. Change the brain of the car with a smart computer like Raspberry Pi. Build a smart device with artificial intelligence that you could control from your phone and that could freely navigate itself in the real world and on the Internet. Use your hands. Develop programs for your robot and your phone. Be curious and invent.

The perfect course lives up to its name. You move through the content, we check it and return feedback to you.

In the end, you should be able to better understand how to program and design smart devices that would make the world a better place. For everybody age 12+, 16+, 21+, 35+, etc. The hardware costs about 150$. It changes through the years so it might take some time for you to find it as Raspberry PI, motor drivers, power banks and h-bridges.. they change. Note that the course was designed to be led by a teacher with a decent knowledge in embedded hardware and software. This, on the other hand should not stop you, if you are curious.