Students in Finland play chess to learn coding skills. Coding, the ability to read and write the language of computer software, is considered an important future skill, a fluency in the common langue ...

Ubiquitous computing has delivered a world in which there seem to be few devices left that no longer contain a microprocessor of some sort. Thus should a student wish to learn about the inner workings ...

A teacher in Virginia uses a micro-controller to connect a computer to a keyboard, allowing kindergarten students to play musical notes that are triggered when they high-five their classmates. In ...

Randy Pausch loved creating virtual worlds on computers. And Mr. Pausch, the late computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wanted all of his students to learn how they could share in ...

In 2023, the LeNoir Foundation, a UK-based 'for impact' organization, concluded the construction of a library at Saving Arms Primary School in Kampala, Uganda. While outfitting the facility with ...

This article is part two of a three-part series about teaching computer science in the public schools of Massachusetts. Parts one and three are also available online. If you’re learning a new language ...

Could tutoring a computer be the way to develop machines that talk back? Scientists in Israel are treating their computer like an unruly child, correcting its mistakes and punishing it for errors. If ...

Today’s desktop computers are as powerful as supercomputers were 20 years ago, said computer science professor Joel Adams. And 20 years from now, the average desktop may be as powerful as the ...

As California pushes to increase access to computer science education for K-12 students, schools across the state this summer are preparing to ramp up course offerings and equip teachers to lead ...

The number of hours spent teaching computing and ICT in secondary schools in England has been falling over the past six years, according to research. A study by the University of Roehampton found the ...