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Joseph Molloy

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Mar 28, 2025, 11:30:14 AM3/28/25

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation takes over Google's CS First.

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From: The CS First Team <csfirst...@google.com>
Date: Thu 27 Mar 2025, 17:22
Subject: Important CS First Update
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Important Update

Hi CS First Teachers,

Since the launch of CS First in 2013, we've been inspired by your passion for computer science education. Together, we've empowered countless learners, sparking creativity and fostering innovation. Today, we want to let you know that CS First will no longer be available after June 30, 2025.

Google will continue to support CS education through collaborations with partners who are developing accessible and engaging computer science education for all learners. Over the next three years, Google is pleased to support the Raspberry Pi Foundation in the development of Experience CS, which the Foundation is committed to making available to teachers in time for the 2025/2026 school year. Experience CS will provide Scratch-based learning units in a scaffolded learning environment for students aged 8-14 and will always be freely available.

What does this mean for you?

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Access: The current CS First website will remain active until June 30, 2025. After that date, you will not be able to access the website.

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Account & Data: After June 30, 2025 all CS First data on the website will be permanently deleted.

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Projects and data: You can save CS First projects by moving them to a personal Scratch account and download course data as a JSON file.

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Explore: Consider signing up for Raspberry Pi Foundation's new curriculum, Experience CS and be the first to hear when it's available.

For more information and to address any questions, please refer to our FAQs.

Thank you again for being a part of the CS First community!

- The CS First Team

Visit us: g.co/CSFirst

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You have received this mandatory service announcement to update you about important changes to CS First.

Elizabeth Oldham

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Mar 30, 2025, 5:21:44 PM3/30/25

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Right enough, I saw something about this but didn't make a note of it.... Thanks for confirming / updating us!

Elizabeth.

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Joseph Molloy

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My school piloted it for the year 2013-14. The children loved it. Their own individuaI passports, American tutors online and lots of Google freebies. I retired the following year. It is hard to believe it was10 years ago.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is steadily becoming an international extra curricular one stop shop for C. S.

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Elizabeth Oldham

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Mar 30, 2025, 5:45:48 PM3/30/25

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Time passes! (I have finally stopped teaching a module, but am still supervising some students' undergraduate projects.)

Best wishes -

Elizabeth.

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