Learning to code has never been a golden ticket to professional success. Students apply the coding skills they learn to ...
Tweedale is passionate about educating children about emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI). That is why she founded Coco Coders.
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 ...
Writing computer code is an important tool scientists use to learn more about climate change. Climatologists use code to make models that can help predict, mitigate, or even resolve climate disasters.
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
A quarter-century ago, computer programming and coding were the stuff of university campuses. These days, however, coding can seem like just another piece of the average elementary school curriculum.
Historically, learn-to-code efforts have provided opportunities for the few, but new efforts are aiming to be inclusive. A decade ago, tech powerhouses the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon ...