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It is, of course, possible to learn to programme on machines of the sort already used in schools, but Raspberry Pi Foundation trustee Robert Mullins of the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University thinks the Pi will draw students into learning to code.
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Not before time, manufacturers have finally accepted that ordinary users find learning to programme something like a video recorder is more trouble than it is worth.
The Raspberry Pi can be purchased from around £30 and is capable of running Linux as well as other software, and can be used for anything from learning to programme to turning your TV into a smart TV with media playing software like Plex or XBMC.
In less than three years, 13-year-old Quin Etnyre learned to programme electronics, created his own company, and began teaching MIT graduates in his spare time.
"I want to launch my own learn to swim programme and I've always said that if I've inspired one kid to get in the pool then it would make my year and hopefully I can continue to do that," she said.
"My daughter learned to swim at the baths, instructed by volunteers and when I was in a position to, I took over the learn to swim programme and helped run the swim club, which was held at the baths on Saturday mornings.
Learn to skate programmes are also available; a six-lesson pass is $30 £200).
It has a high reputation for a pioneering "learning to learn" programme that devotes time to teaching children how to become good learners.
And in the days before Bill Gates created mass-manufactured operating software, if you had a computer you had to learn how to programme it.
"You see rooms full of software [in schools], but are they using the architecture of the computer and learning how to programme?" she said.
Journalists and youth volunteers come together to learn to produce interactive radio programmes aimed at the youth population.
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