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Buoyed by Congress, STEM and coding are on the rise
STEM education, while always a national focus, is receiving more attention in recent days, as surveys and legislation reveal awareness of its importance to the nation's success. Three…
Educating parents of the Siri generation
In our digital world, some parents may feel lost at sea. Here's what they need to know to keep up with their kids online lives, and what schools…
Teach students to learn by doing with Google school coding clubs
Today my school is a Google CS First site, meaning we host CS First clubs that take place before or after school as an enrichment experience for students…
Making hard programming easier for novice makers
Microcontroller programming is useful but complicated for makers. New tools can make it accessible to all.
Which of these top 20 programming languages should your school teach?
Way back in the 1970s, working as a computer programmer was quite prestigious, and if you wanted to get into computer programming, your potential employer would more often…
7 reasons why your school should teach robotics and game design
I love every aspect of programming—the frustration, the creativity, everything. I taught myself and now I’m lucky enough to teach students how to code, build robots, and design…
Innovative ways to get kids coding
Along with an increased call for more science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) funding is a movement to boost computer science's visibility, due in part to the demand…
11 apps for coding: From beginners to masters
As students begin to not only use technology, but create it’s functionality, a recent explosion in coding resources have hit the web, providing coding apps ranging from introductions…
You’ll make more money if you can code
Being able to learn marketable digital skills is sluggish and difficult — or so they say, Mashable reports.
Millions participate in the Hour of Code
Last month, eSN gave readers a preview of Computer Science Education Week's major initiative, the Hour of Code, which asks students, teachers, parents, and schools to learn just…
10 computer science education resources and facts
To celebrate Computer Science Education Week and to make sure you're ready to educate students and peers about why computer science is such an essential part of U.S.…
OPINION: Learning to code isn’t enough
The 2020 Science report released in 2005 observed that science was changing in a subtle but fundamental way--from the use of computing to support scientific work, to integrating…
Teaching our children to code: a quiet revolution
In just under a year, England will become the first country in the world to mandate computer programming in primary and secondary schools, The Telegraph reports.
Should coding be the “new foreign language” requirement?
Over the decades, students have been required to take a foreign language in high school for reasons that relate to expanding communication abilities, furthering global awareness, and enhancing…