Answer: Learning to code is the hot new basic skill parents want their children to learn. You will find coding being taught in more and more schools, but it definitely is not being taught in all ...

Her voice was filled with excitement and her eyes glowed with pride. A little surprised, I inquired further. “What do you mean exactly when you say you designed your own app?” (I confess at this point ...

Why it matters: There's a good chance you cut your coding teeth on BASIC if you took a computer class back in the 20th century. The Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code celebrated its 60th ...

PBS member stations will soon be able to help kids make their favorite characters move and talk with the PBS Kids ScratchJr app, which teaches kids basic concepts of coding and storytelling. Tablets ...

Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

Young coding whizzes Neth Dharmasiri and Chinmay Lal believe learning the language behind computer software shouldn't depend ...

THERE’S MORE TO computer programming than figuring out what inscrutable words like “augop” and “del_stmt” mean. Sure, you’ll have to master the vocabulary, as you do with any foreign language. But the ...

From December 1 to December 15, curious coders can head to their local Apple Store to learn the basics of coding and programming. The sessions, which are primarily targeted at kids and teens, will ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

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 ...

While the basic course is free and great for getting started, they also have a ‘Pro’ version if you want to dig deeper. It’s a solid choice if you’re totally new to programming and want a smooth, ...

Osmo, an educational STEAM brand, has debuted a Coding Starter Kit that combines three coding bestsellers and features new hardware. In a new OnePoll-conducted survey of 2000 U.S. parents of ...