If you’ve ever considered trying to make your own version of Ice King’s crown with a digital flair, you’re in luck. Cartoon Network, Microsoft MakeCode and Adafruit announced Monday that they are ...
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 ...
Coding curricula is sweeping into classrooms across the country, thanks to programs such as Code.org. According to the Education Commission of States, about 20 states now require that districts allow ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Raspberry Pi computers have become very popular in the creator space. This is largely due to their compact form factors, customizable ...
All aboard the learn-to-code train! As another holiday season looms and kids everywhere start clamouring for shiny stuff, we’ve got you covered with a bumper edition of our annual STEM gift guide.
As someone who’s had my children in the last decade, I can tell you that the pushy-parent movement sometimes makes me feel like I’m failing my kids because they can’t code. I’ve always been a bit ...
Craig Foster’s dream as a young person was to have a children’s center to help kids play and learn at the same time. It was an idea that took years to take a definite shape, said the former Army ...
As a veteran management consultant, Fran Maxwell noticed a shortage of employees with technology skills. For many of his past clients — Fortune 1000 companies that yearned to fix their problems — the ...
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.
On Wednesday, 9,782 kids logged on in homes and schools across Australia and started coding, creating a new world record in the process. The coding event, Moonhack, was organised by an after-school ...