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title: Python in Education
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                    <h2>learn</h2>
                    <p>Master the basics, progress to the fun stuff and achieve
                    coding greatness with lessons for learners of all ages,
                    levels and abilities.</p>
                    <a href="#learn" class="more"><span>get started</span></a>
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                    <h2>teach</h2>
                    <p>Inspire the next generation of Python programmers with
                    fun resources, tested in the field by teachers and members
                    of the global Python community.</p>
                    <a href="#teach" class="more"><span>fun resources</span></a>
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                    <h2>build</h2>
                    <p>Discover all the technical details, designs and source
                    code needed to build something amazing, create a cool
                    project or make a contribution to our educational
                    efforts.</p>
                    <a href="#build" class="more"><span>lets go!</span></a>
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                    <h2>Python is a programming language:</h2>
                    <p>It's very easy to learn. Python is used all over the
                    world by all sorts of people from professional coders to
                    complete beginners. Use Python to code cool stuff on your
                    micro:bit, Raspberry Pi or other computer.</p>
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                <h1>learning <span>is play</span></h1>
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                            <h2>tutorials</h2>
                            <p>Start here for an introduction to Python,
                            intermediate material that'll help you stretch your
                            wings, and advanced features that'll have you
                            building your world-changing project from the
                            comfort of your own home in no time at all!</p>
                            <a href="#" class="more"><span>try out a tutorial</span></a>
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                            <h2>micro:bit</h2>
                            <p>The BBC micro:bit is a small programmable
                            device. It aims to inspire a new generation of
                            digital creators, makers and coders.  Thanks to
                            the amazing
                            <a href="http://micropython.org/">MicroPython</a>
                            project, it runs a full re-implementation of
                            Python 3.</p>
                            <p>The device has two buttons, a 5x5 LED display,
                            I/O pins, an accelerometer, compass, radio,
                            micro-USB port, battery connector, ARM
                            microprocessor and a heart of gold.</p>
                            <a href="#" class="more"><span>code the future with micro:bit</span></a>
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                            <h2>raspberry pi</h2>
                            <p>The Raspberry Pi is a unique phenomenon. It is
                            the most successful computing-in-education project
                            in history with over 6 million units delivered
                            around the world.</p>
                            <p>But it's not just about the hardware! Thanks to
                            the amazing work of the Raspberry Pi Foundation's
                            education team, Python is widely used on the device
                            to do all sorts of fun stuff such as program games
                            (like Minecraft), travel into space (to the
                            International Space Station) and control
                            peripherals plugged into the Pi via its GPIO
                            pins.</p>
                            <a href="#" class="more"><span>enjoy a slice of raspberry pi</span></a>
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                <h1>play is <span>creativity</span></h1>
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                            <h2>resources</h2>
                            <p>Teachers and programmers from all over the world
                            have created fun, engaging and challenging
                            resources for teachers to use in their classrooms.
                            These range from simple tasks for beginners to
                            complicated projects to challenge the most advanced
                            students. They include lesson plans, code, books,
                            worksheets and online interactive courses.</p>
                            <p>Most importantly, many of these resources are
                            free for people to use, adopt and adapt.</p>
                            <a href="#" class="more"><span>discover compelling and creative resources</span></a>
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                            <h2>community</h2>
                            <p>Community is Python's secret weapon.</p>
                            <p>The Python community value openness, actively
                            engage in outreach and give up their time for
                            educational support (this site was written by
                            volunteers). As one person put it, "I came for the
                            programming language, but stayed for the
                            community".</p>
                            <p>The Python Software Foundation (PSF) ~ under
                            whose auspices this site was created ~ support and
                            organise conferences all over the world. There's a
                            good chance there's one near you very soon.</p>
                            <p>If you're looking for support, advice or just
                            some friendly encouragement, get involved and say
                            "hello".</p>
                            <a href="#" class="more"><span>meet and make friends with your community</span></a>
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                <h1>creativity is <span>exploration</span></h1>
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                            <h2>documentation</h2>
                            <p>Python has comprehensive and excellent
                            documentation. In fact, many in the Python
                            community spend lots of effort to make sure Python
                            projects have comprehensive, detailed and easy to
                            understand technical documentation.</p>
                            <p>Need to know how to do something? Read the
                            docs! Looking for the best way to use some code?
                            Read the docs! Want to learn something new so you
                            can impress your programming buddies with your
                            knowledge? Read the docs!</p>
                            <a href="#" class="more"><span>read the docs!</span></a>
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                            <h2>source code</h2>
                            <p>Python is free software: it is given away for
                            free (nobody pays to use Python), you are also free
                            to use it as you see fit and the Python community
                            actively encourages people to contribute code,
                            documentation and resources for the benefit of
                            others.</p>
                            <p>For this to work you need access to the source
                            code: the instructions for the computer that tell
                            it how to do the stuff you want it to do.</p>
                            <p>Perhaps you already know this stuff and you're
                            just looking for a cool educational project to
                            which you can contribute. If so, you've come to the
                            right place!</p>
                            <a href="#" class="more"><span>hack on code</span></a>
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