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 ...
If you're a parent, then chances are you've heard endless debates about how screen time affects children. And while it's always a good idea to encourage your kids to put down their phones, tablets, ...
Learning to code has never been a golden ticket to professional success. Students apply the coding skills they learn to ...
Non-profit organization code.org has gathered together a parade of big names from the world of tech and entertainment in an effort to persuade young people – or anyone for that matter – to get coding.
There are a ton of initiatives to help kids (and adults) learn to code these days. Google has lessons for teens to code animates scenes starring Wonder Woman, Apple has the kid-friendly Swift ...
Technology has transformed education but while students learn how to use it, they rarely learn how it works. Now a growing realisation among educators that this gap needs to be filled is prompting a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about global education, game-based learning, kids, & culture. Is coding really a new essential literacy? These days it ...
This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. by Taylor Soper on Mar 12, ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Video games often get a bad rap among parents, but Code Ninjas, a learning center that opened in ...
A Los Angeles startup called codeSpark has raised $4.1 million in seed funding for web and mobile games that teach kids how to code, even before they know how to read and write effectively.