Tag: Programming

Children with visual impairments can now converse more equally with their peers. Meanwhile, a Lisbon-based PhD student is investigating how mixed-visual ability children can learn to code collaboratively. Pair-work fosters cooperation, either remotely with an audio connection or locally. Her system comprises two boards with building blocks and a box with a webcam which is connected to a computer....

With the right equipment, children with disabilities can operate computers. Now, together with the Technical University in Berlin, a German startup has developed an online course to make coding more accessible for 7-16 year-olds. Once a week in one-hour video chats, trained coaches explain how code is developed. In small groups, children then learn about Python in a playful...

We learn best through play. With IT knowledge becoming ever more important, an American software developer has devised a workbook to help children of six and over learn the basics of coding. The entertainment factor is high, while screen time remains low. The aim is to develop children’s understanding of code and its structure, so that they can predict...

Voice recorders are nothing new. Whether in the form of cassette recorders, or mobile apps that create text from speech. Until now such technology was always programmed using mouse and keyboard. But in future coding could occur through voice. Two founders, each no longer able to type, have developed apps that facilitate voice coding. The first uses natural speech...