The world is much different than when we were growing up. Teaching coding to kids was something very few people thought about ...

Fifteen years ago, I started this column with the advice that "computers are not a passing fad -- they are here to stay." In this, my last column as USA Today's Kid-Tech Columnist, my advice is: teach ...

Coding is as essential to our kids' education as math and history lessons, with tech leaders, presidents and coding organizations touting the importance of the skill. Learning how to create the stuff ...

Tynker and Parrot are offering an all-in-one bundle designed to teach kids how to code through programming unmanned aerial vehicles (or drones). The “Parrot Mambo Code” bundle comes with a Parrot ...

Apple has partnered with Tynker, a San Francisco-based STEM education platform, to release two new game-based programming lessons aimed to help kids learn how to code. The new Space Cadet and Dragon ...

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, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Provided by CoderDojo Denver Learning to code is not about homework at CoderDojo Denver. The volunteer-run organization gives children a chance to get ...

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 ...

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 ...

Writing computer code is an important tool scientists use to learn more about climate change. Climatologists use code to make models that can help predict, mitigate, or even resolve climate disasters.