Coding is one aspect of digital making. When you write code, you are writing instructions for a computer to follow. The instructions might just be "turn this graphic by one degree each second", or ...

Coding is a big deal right now. Worldwide, 36 million kids have taken part in “Hour of code” activities, helping them become active, rather than passive users of technology and starting learning that ...

A quarter-century ago, computer programming and coding were the stuff of university campuses. These days, however, coding can seem like just another piece of the average elementary school curriculum.

Three Lakota East High School students got together with an idea a little over a year ago: Teach computer coding to kids aged 7-14. The students themselves are not much older, aged 15-16, but within a ...

Move The Turtle application is available on iOS and it is highly recommended for every child who wants to dive in the programming world. The application that ranks fourth on our list of apps for ...

In the new book Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Human Values Through Programming, Tufts professor Marina Umaschi Bers argues that schools can teach computer coding in ways that develop character as ...

This week we’ve had the honour of speaking to Ghana Code Club founder Ernestina Edem Appiah about her rise from IT secretary to kick-ass coder, business owner, NGO founder and spearhead of coding in ...

I spent over a year working from home alongside two young children both trying to learn remotely. Early on I tried to supplement their STEM education with computer science fundamentals. Since then ...

The kids of today aren’t just digital natives — they’re AI natives. But computer science graduates aren’t that employable anymore, and coding is becoming a blue-collar job. So what’s next? (The Public ...

Every era demands—and rewards—different skills. In different times and different places, we have taught our children to grow vegetables, build a house, forge a sword or blow a delicate glass, bake ...