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 (and Consulting) Kid-style with Scratch By Dian Schaffhauser 12/13/07 ##AUTHORSPLIT##<---> Elementary students program in Scratch to develop applications for special needs class In the past, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is coding really a new essential literacy? These days it seems to be trendy to suggest so. There are so many products and games and websites that claim to be able to teach your kids to code. Consider ...

Mitch Resnik, the creator of the super-simple Scratch programming language and head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, gave a TEDx talk about the value of coding and computer ...

The government is behind it. In his 2016 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said that the U.S. should offer “every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them ...