Tynker’s subscription-based service has made it easy and fun for kids all over the world to learn the basics of coding. Having recently announced two new courses, Space Cadet and Dragon Spells, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Overview: Small hands-on Python projects help young learners understand loops, variables, and logic naturally through ...

Playing with toys that teach coding isn't going to guarantee your child will create the next Facebook and amass Zuckerburg-esque fortunes. However, things like the Sphero SPRK+ or Google Bloks could ...

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Coding is a big deal right now. Worldwide, 36 million kids have taken part in “Hour of code” activities, helping them become active, rather than passive users of technology and starting learning that ...

When Samaira Mehta was 6 years old, her father played a prank on her. “He showed me basically something on his computer which had one button and a command which said, ‘Press this if you’re beautiful.’ ...

With computing jobs projected to grow two times faster than other fields, coding skills are an increasingly important literacy area. Libraries play a vital role in introducing these skills to their ...

When Samaira Mehta was six years old, her father played a prank on her. 'He showed me basically something on his computer which had one button and a command which said, ‘Press this if you're beautiful ...

Ben is a writer for Game Rant. He has a passion for gaming and has been playing video games since he was 6. Ben has always been a fan of open-world games, having gotten into them back when RuneScape ...