One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

One Kingwood third grader is an online teacher of sorts, to get kids excited about computer technology. Caroline Gross does something most kids dream about. She has her own YouTube Channel. Complete ...

Computers play a huge role in our everyday lives, and now more than ever, it's important that educators provide computer basics for kids, what computers can do and how technology can be helpful. From ...

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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, ...

Young kids from across the area are discovering the excitement of coding, which is essentially computer science made accessible. At first glance, Code Ninjas in Centennial ...

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a nationwide computer science immersion program sets up shop at a couple Virginia elementary schools. The NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs has the story.

Being the only girl, coupled with being the only Hispanic student, in many of the computer science classes and programs Athena Coco Hernandez was in, was a lot. Don’t misunderstand, though. It wasn’t ...

In my book Coding as a Playground, I tell the story of Liana, a five-year-old playing with an iPad in her kindergarten class. She is focused. Every so often, she wiggles. She suddenly screams, to no ...

With as fast moving as technology is these days, coding has become almost as essential to a child’s education as math and reading. Unfortunately, not every school is teaching computer programming just ...

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