In general, we associate coding with hi-tech contexts and users. And in more recent years, we have been hearing about how coding involves knowledge and skills that future generations will need in ...
Should computer coding be written into high school curricula? Coding appears to be the latest education trend, according to New York Magazine: while nine out of ten U.S. high schools don’t offer ...
Teaching people how to code through widely available programs is the consensus solution to filling a talent shortage facing U.S. tech companies. The White House estimates that 600,000 tech positions ...
That’s just not enough. Students need programming experience like they need reading and writing, said Penn professor Yasmin Kafai. In an interview with NewsWorks, she called coding skills “basic ...
The revelation that the NSA is operating a massive surveillance apparatus has caused many Americans to take a closer look at how we communicate with each other. But was this news really a revelation?
Not every coder job involves working in a blue chip tech company or Silicon Valley startup. As British technologist, Conrad Wolfram said in a TED talk on teaching math with computers: “In the real ...
Coding skills have long been associated with workforce readiness and the digital fluency that students will need to thrive in the modern workplace. But the benefits of coding also extend to more ...