It’s hard to get kids to code. Up until very recently, it was largely inaccessible, with little curricula in place and few teachers qualified to teach it. And even today, with all the progress we’ve ...

Imagine using what children love to teach them important life skills. For example, video games to teach problem-solving, critical-thinking skills along with science, technology, engineering and ...

Microsoft wants your kids to learn to code, and they have tons of free programs to get them excited. The tech giant offers free classes, camps, and an Hour of Code in their stores to introduce kids to ...

Learn to code’ is dead. So what the heck should you actually teach your kids in the age of AI? - IN FOCUS: Holly Baxter asks ...

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 ...

Video games often get a bad rap among parents, but Code Ninjas, a learning center that opened in July at Landstown Commons, is proving that video games can be educational, too. The Houston-based ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Coding is the ultimate "easy to learn, hard to master" discipline. Even a simple ...

A couple of years ago, as an 8-year-old trying to learn to code, a student named Theo was frustrated. Theo happens to be blind, and the standard tools designed to teach children to code rely heavily ...

On a recent late-night formula run, I passed by a large display of books about teaching children to code. I have seen these books around, but never such a large display directed toward elementary-aged ...

Campers at the 2023 Summer of Code program on Tuesday, Aug. 1. They were building custom, programmable robots and testing command prompts. The 2023 Summer of Code is a weeklong initiative dedicated to ...

Steve Goschnick has received research funding from the Australian Research Council, Ericsson Australia Ltd (1998-2000), The University of Melbourne, and a Telstra Broadband Development Grant (2004).