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Explore how kids are using Scratch, an open source development environment, to learn the art and science of coding in a fun, interactive way.

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The holiday break and start of the new year are just around the corner, and this week's "Hour of...

Dr. Bryson Payne 11 Dec 2015 254 votes

Whether you are a software developer or you have no programming background, these six practical...

Al Sweigart 18 Jun 2015 433 votes 8 comments

Scratch is a great tool for teaching programming to young children, but what happens when kids...

Imagine being a high school freshman walking down the halls of your new school on the very first...

Lauren Egts 16 Jan 2014 340 votes 2 comments

The growing shortage of qualified programmers, computer scientists and software engineers is...

The Dave and Gunnar Show is a new podcast series talking about government, open source, and a...

Coding is the language of the future, with the power to create and modify the computer programs and...

We've been anxiously awaiting our chance to mess with a MaKey MaKey after we wrote this post , and...

Casey Brown 31 Oct 2012 205 votes 3 comments