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 ...

Earlier this year, Mattel announced that it was partnering with Tynker to bring Barbie-themed coding lessons to young kids. As of today, six free coding experiences are now available as is a new ...

Do your children love to go online, but not always to kids’ websites? Online learning websites for kids are a great way to ...

My five- and seven-year-old constantly fight over who gets the iPad first. We have one, and they get to use it in tiny doses, usually when I'm at my wit's end. Their favorite app? ScratchJr, MIT's ...

Robots are taking over John Harris Elementary, but don’t worry, the students are in control. Gifted-education students are programming land rovers to get through an obstacle course of sorts. The ...

MIDLAND, Texas — For kids interested in sports or music, they have plenty of avenues to improve their craft. The athletes have their pick of the litter when it comes to sports. Football, baseball, ...

At the upper bounds of education, in the post-college and career training universes, we think of computer coding as a skill. It’s a thing you can learn how to do that will make you more valuable as an ...

Kids need to learn, have fun and stay busy. But each individual child has its own way of doing so, and each parent has their own set of needs as well. Thankfully, the Chicago tech community is full of ...

Parents have embraced coding lessons as a positive form of screen time for their children, with the tech skill nudging in alongside music, dance and sport as a top extra-curricular activity About ...

Most teachers do not think they have the right skills or tools to teach coding to children, according to research by BJSS and YouGov. The study found that 67% of teachers in the UK believe they cannot ...