I am not a coder. The closest I’ve come to the world of programming is a computer science class I took in college that killed my GPA (I got a C-minus, and that was a generous mark). It forever turned ...

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 ...

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. Even when you’re 11 years old. Last year Las Vegas kid Ethan Duggan found himself in a tough spot. His mother had returned from a whirlwind shopping ...

If you've installed the iOS 10 public beta since it came out last week, you’ll know that compatible iPads come loaded with the “Swift Playgrounds” app that Apple announced at WWDC. The app is Apple’s ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Last month, a few ...

SANTA CRUZ >> Coding remains the most in-demand job skill across industries, yet Code Naturally CEO Sukh Singh knows most students aren’t motivated by employment statistics or the future. “Video games ...

No one would describe the internet as “kid-friendly.” Parents fret over how to keep their kids safe from the internet’s myriad dangers, from bullies to predators to surreptitious surveillance. A new ...

When one family settled down to watch 2010 family-friendly movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid from Amazon’s Prime Video platform, ...