The world is much different than when we were growing up. Teaching coding to kids was something very few people thought about ...
It’s a Sunday morning at East Dulwich Picturehouse in South London, and a group of three- and four-year-old children is playing in a backroom. But not with cars or dolls. Instead, they are learning ...
Nikole Vaughn remembers breaking down in tears in her early days as a programmer, hammering away late into the night on code that just wouldn’t run. She was fresh out of college, in her first year ...
Early coding skills give kids an advantage for tech-related jobs. Coding could help shape the future of education. Kids learn logical thinking, adaptability, and problem-solving through coding that ...
Professor Marina Bers, chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, has been teaching the course Technological Tools for Playful Learning every spring for the 20 years ...
For years, coding has been thought of as a useful skill for children to learn. It’s integrated into computer science classes and a number of organizations are dedicated to helping kids code. But now, ...
Nine-year-old Masha stares at a computer screen, absorbed in a racing game. Unlike many parents, Svetlana is keen to encourage her, because not only is Masha playing this game – she created it. Masha ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- When most of us were in school, we took science classes like biology and chemistry, but computer science may be even more important for today's kids. Yet nearly 90% of ...
“Having the knowledge of how all this technology is made, especially since a lot of it is made through coding, is just such a useful tool in your life,” said Meenakshi Dwaraka, who co-founded the ...
In a Rincon Valley Library classroom on a recent Friday, a group of Maria Carrillo High students asked almost 30 elementary schoolers how many of them had been to Disneyland. A few hands shot up. Then ...