When kids find the specific color, they photograph it. Find that color three times and the child teaches the program how to recognize that hue. With each color, kids earn a badge.

You never have to teach a kid how to build with Legos. They always just go ahead and build something, and it’s open-ended.” Once the game hits the market, Osmo hopes the blocks become a ...

Many parents want their children to learn to code. Increasingly, even those parents who don’t know computer programming are using games and apps to teach basic skills.

Another topic I covered with during my interview with Sun Microsystems' Joe Hartley was "Greenfoot," a tool that Sun helped develop (providing financial and consultative support to the developers ...

Microsoft has announced a partnership with Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, that will teach kids the basics of programming using Minecraft. Microsoft ...

Ozobot, as the robot is called, made a popular debut last year at CES.After its first sales run over the most recent holiday period ($50 per Ozobot, which includes some games, apps and other ...

Mozilla updated its Thimble code editor Tuesday to make it more useful for teachers and students who want to learn and teach how to program websites.. The updates bring a variety of improvements ...