DIY robots are becoming the gateway to coding. Over the last couple of years, a new wave of cute-faced bots has taken shape to make programming languages fun for kids. Instead of dense textbooks and ...

Toy robots are nothing new. In the 1980s, the R2D2-like Tomy Verbot or the clunky Milton Bradley Big Trak let kids program their movements or actions using voice commands or a keypad. The marketing ...

K-12 robotics has greatly expanded with increased advocacy for coding and programming--here are some of our favorite resources for classrooms Efforts to get kids coding have exploded in recent years, ...

2025 brings a significant shift in the education system, with the Coding and Robotics curriculum for Grades R to 9, gazetted in June 2024, now entering classrooms. It presents opportunities for skills ...

Coding and robotics go hand-in-hand, and they’re becoming a more integral part of classrooms across the country. Aside from the excitement students muster when they see a robotics kit morph into a ...

Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in technology and education. He is an ongoing contributor to the CDW family of magazines. It starts with a game of Robot Turtles, a board game by ...

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Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. parents watched students use STEM skills to do everything from solving coding challenges to turning a toothbrush head into a tiny robot. BCSC hosted a Robotic and ...

Coding has become a very popular skill for children of all ages to learn. Add in the idea of creating your own robotics, and you have a fun program to engage your child. I recently came across a ...

Over the past few years, I’ve wanted to learn more about coding, beyond my basic understanding of HTML and CSS. I started out on Codecademy learning basic front-end web stuff, then got into learning a ...