In the past, many computer journalists have tried to explain advanced concepts such as object-oriented programming by comparing the activity to building applications by connecting smaller components ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Lego’s Mindstorms Robot Inventor kit is a new set that lets ...

MIT is teaming up with Google to create the next generation of its popular visual programming language "Scratch." The partners are working on an open source version of the language called "Scratch ...

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A new STEM-friendly Lego set teaches kids how to construct their own robots and learn computer coding while they do it. Playing with Lego has always been seen as a positive thing by most parents, as ...

As a homeschooling parent, I'm a big fan of educational software and I've written quite about about various programs in the past. But, as a programmer, I'm also a big fan of any program that makes ...

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 ...