Music is a strong motivator — and a powerful learning tool. One study found that students who listened to their favorite songs wrote twice as much while doing so as those who didn’t. But budgetary ...

Osmo Coding Jam uses characters and physical blocks to help children learn block-based coding through music. and play. What started as a clutch of novel ways to learn spelling, shapes and numbers on ...

Last year, Osmo expanded its iPad-based children's learning system with a program that teaches kids to code by linking tangible tiles with on-screen commands. Now the company's expanded its platform ...

SAN ANTONIO – Since its inception almost 5 years ago, the nonprofit Youth Code Jam has worked to make computer science and coding fun and accessible for all students. Their focus began with students ...

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Desiree Tagle, right, monitors her computer as Anabell Ellis brings back a miniature self-driving car by using coding skills during the Code to the Future: Self-Driving Cars camp on Aug. 9 at Palo ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Coding is the ultimate "easy to learn, hard to master" discipline. Even a simple ...

Programmers from around the world will gather at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., to compete for the global Code Jam finals. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in ...

The contestants nameplates displayed their onscreen handles instead of their full names. A Russian coder talks with New York Post reporter Sam Gustin. New York engineering director Craig ...