MIT Technology Review

Learning to code isn’t enough

Historically, learn-to-code efforts have provided opportunities for the few, but new efforts are aiming to be inclusive. A decade ago, tech powerhouses the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon ...
The Atlantic

Six Reasons a Non-Computer Nerd Might Want to Learn to Code

Though coder Jeff Atwood thinks coding isn't for non-computer geeks, we can think of a lot of reasons normals should learn computer language. Atwood, on his blog Coding Horror, miffed by the "everyone ...
The Stanford Daily

Code in Place: A ‘learning laboratory’ for education

To most Stanford students, CS 106A: Programming Methodology is a rite of passage: each year, the introductory programming course supports over 1,600 students from all academic disciplines. However, ...
PBS

Learning computer coding opens up ‘endless world’ for these kids

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a nationwide computer science immersion program sets up shop at a couple Virginia elementary schools. The NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs has the story.
KETV Omaha

Hour of Code event introduces hundreds of Council Bluffs students to computer coding

DAYS SERVED. NEW ON KETV. ABOUT 900 COUNCIL BLUFFS STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO CODE. TODAY. EM INSTITUTE’S HOUR OF CODE MAKES A STOP AT WOODROW WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY SAY COMPUTER CODING RELATED ...
The Gazette

Learning the code

CEDAR RAPIDS — Computer science is playing a bigger role in Iowa schools every year. So for young students, getting a head start seems like a smart idea. That’s what NewBoCo is aiming to do with its ...
Forbes

Should Everyone Learn To Code? 15 Tech Pros Weigh In On Why Or Why Not

Today’s world is growing more and more tech-driven. For example, coding is becoming a must-know for professionals in the technology industry, among others. Because of this, many new workers—whether ...
Wired

Now for AI’s Latest Trick: Writing Computer Code

It can take years to learn how to write computer code well. SourceAI, a Paris startup, thinks programming shouldn’t be such a big deal. The company is fine-tuning a tool that uses artificial ...
Psychology Today

Learning to Code Requires Language Skills, Not Math

New research might widen access to learning computer programming. Source: skynesher/iStock It is routinely assumed that to be a computer programmer—to write code, in other words—you need to be good at ...
Microsoft

Cracking the code to helping educators learn and teach computer science

If you gave Shelley Charlton an Excel spreadsheet to maneuver, the high school business teacher could dazzle you. But if you asked her how to solve a problem using the Snap! visual programming ...
CNN

Want a job with a higher salary? Computer science training could help

As part of an ongoing series, the CNN Underscored team showcases outstanding deals you can shop right now in the CNN Store. Each week, we feature a product we think you’ll love. This week, we’re ...