Toy robots are nothing new. In the 1980s, the R2D2-like Tomy Verbot or the clunky Milton Bradley Big Trak let kids program their movements or actions using voice commands or a keypad. The marketing ...

Inspired by the Hour of Code, many educators have pledged to go well beyond 60 minutes and teach their students coding and programming skills on a regular basis. The beauty of learning to code is that ...

SALISBURY — The new STEM lab at Knox Middle School seemed quiet last week during coding camp, but if you listened closely, you could hear the gears turning in campers’ heads. The lab features ...

Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in technology and education. He is an ongoing contributor to the CDW family of magazines. It starts with a game of Robot Turtles, a board game by ...

The products range from measuring games to coding activities—and even include a robot that introduces children to artificial intelligence. Purdue University Inspire Research Institute for Pre-College ...

Michael and his mother Sasha work with a facilitator at Family Coding Day to program the KIBO robot by scanning the wooden programming blocks. Michael, a 5-year-old boy, and his mother Sasha, a ...

Coding and robotics programs in classrooms reflect how integral technology is in our lives. Educators like Angie Kalthoff, a technology integrationist in St. Cloud, MN, and Ann Bartel, an ...

Girl Scouts of the USA just unveiled 18 new badges that its members can earn for computer programming. But these badges come with a typical Girl Scouts twist: Participants will learn how to use the ...

When tech professionals take on leadership roles with increased responsibilities, they often have less time and energy for coding. Those tech leaders who want to or must stay involved in coding have ...