While databases offer very efficient ways to store data and query them using query languages, the most flexible way of data processing is writing your own program to manipulate data. In many cases, ...

One of the most effective ways to introduce kids to programming is through games. Coding games blend learning with play thus creating a space where kids can build real skills without feeling like they ...

AFAR hotels expert Jennifer Flowers reflects on her first surfing lesson, how Hawai‘i is taking big steps to protect its oceans, and what the state means to her. Turtle Bay Resort is the only luxury ...

Students everywhere love the imaginative, blocky world of Minecraft. Minecraft: Education Edition gives learners the opportunity not only to create, survive, and work together in immersive game worlds ...

There is a growing literature concerning robotics and creativity. Although some authors claim that robotics in classrooms may be a promising new tool to address the creativity crisis in school, we ...

Blocks programming environments have emerged as a popular way to introduce coding and as a stepping stone to traditional text-based languages, but they can also be used to write “real code.” Blocks ...

Kids, and Hackaday editors, love robots! The Open Roberta project (OR) takes advantage of this to teach kids about programming. And while the main focus is building a robot programming language that ...