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 ...

One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

The whiteboard in Professor Mark Stehlik’s office at Carnegie Mellon University still has the details of what turned into a ...

When our school shut down in March, initially, it was for a two-week period. I thought, “Well, this isn’t too bad, we can do a few coding activities from Code.org or maybe put together some Google ...

One sunny summer morning this month, a group of 20 teenage girls gathered in a conference room in the sleek offices of a tech company in New York. It was their fifth week of coding camp, and they were ...

Computer programing can be a valuable part of the K-12 curriculum. Pleasanton USD superintendent David Haglund thinks “programming is a mindset and a great foundation for math.” Haglund uses the first ...

At the upper bounds of education, in the post-college and career training universes, we think of computer coding as a skill. It’s a thing you can learn how to do that will make you more valuable as an ...

Being able to recall facts may help you look good in front of your friends during trivia night, but memorizing content of the past has become largely irrelevant in today’s modern society. When it ...

During the summer, Owen Lentner, 11, helped bridge the gap between seniors and technology in Wilton. Now, he is helping teens and adults in Bridgeport. Lentner is teaching coding — a dynamic computer ...

Teaching through play is nothing new. It's often used in schools and even the workplace to help people learn new concepts. The video gaming world is filled with games designed to educate players. As ...