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 ...

Learning to code, regardless of the path a child chooses to take, is crucial today. Research shows us that this knowledge will be important in any career. As both a female leader in technology and a ...

The world is much different than when we were growing up. Teaching coding to kids was something very few people thought about ...

Building LEGO engines, creating lava lamps and learning how to code: these are just a few of the many activities kids learned ...

Learning to code has never been a golden ticket to professional success. Students apply the coding skills they learn to different disciplines, industries, and endeavors in their lives. Tech literacy ...

Introducing students to coding and robotics gives them early exposure to STEM in general. This early exposure, according to research, is key to the future of the workforce. Aside from the cool factor ...

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.

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 ...

Is coding a necessary competency that kids need to learn? Or does the large specter of AI on the horizon and some grim prognostications have you questioning if signing your kid up for summer coding ...

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 ...