Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn. It teaches vital problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills. Plus ...

Coding is a big deal right now. Worldwide, 36 million kids have taken part in “Hour of code” activities, helping them become active, rather than passive users of technology and starting learning that ...

I've long been interested in ways to help teach kids programming. Especially my kids, though they're still young. I got interested in computers when my dad wrote a "guess the number" game for me which ...

(Ad) Technology continues to impact the world at an incredibly rapid pace. Nowadays, parents are regularly challenged with finding ways to broaden their kids knowledge of 21st century skills. Beyond ...

What do you do when your 8 and 5 year olds want to build Web sites and you have little knowledge to impart beyond some basic HTML? If you're me you instantly query the techies you know. I pinged our ...

I'm pleased to announce a new series here at GeekMom called Bit by Bit! As a programmer, I've approached the subject of programming on GeekMom a few times. When I do, I often get feedback from parents ...

Robots Bo and Yana could help turn today’s kids into a bunch of software engineers. The bigger question: is programming a fundamental literacy skill for the next generation? When former Google ...

Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

My name is Daniel Woody-Guyton. I am a rising junior studying Film and Video at Drexel University. At Drexel, outside of my academics, I work part time at Gap, I write for the school newspaper, The ...