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 ...

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have one thing in common — they both taught themselves to code. Coding can be a very lucrative skill, and learning languages like Perl can ...

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 ...

If there's one thing that both the Trump and Obama White Houses agree upon, it's the importance of computer science education for children in America. Because of how digitally entrenched the world is ...

In 2022, coding and computational thinking are increasingly important tools that allow kids to engage with a high-tech society and each other, and to realize their own potential. Marina Umaschi Bers, ...

Ever since the sudden explosion of AI awareness, many people have asked me if coding as we know it is dead. The question has come from many sources—parents wondering if their kids should even bother ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of learning, work and human development. Tynker. “We have been hard at work this summer to revamp the ...

Teaching young minds coding concepts starting in kindergarten helps make SEL instruction more meaningful and, in turn, better prepares today’s students for a future we cannot predict. Yes! I want to ...

Apparently, organising your makeup bag is very much like storing data when coding. Don’t believe us? Ask drag queen Anna Lytical, who recently declared it so in a TikTok video. (Eyeshadow palettes ...

The way we teach coding is all wrong. Here’s how it needs to change Your email has been sent Becoming a software developer is hard. And even worse, aspiring coders aren't necessarily being taught the ...