Category Archives: Coder Blog

What barriers are there to overcome when learning to code?

Artificial Intelligence may be artificial, but it’s still created by humans.  Humans by nature are all biased in our own ways.  How will this bias affect all the AI that’s being built?

Let’s learn more about Ethereum.

Antsy to teach your kids Javascript?  Take a look at our article posted in D-Zone!

Ever hear of Blockchain?  They say it’ll change the world.  How?  Take a look.

Everyone is talking about Bitcoin or Blockchain but what is it? The best analogy I’ve read is from Sally Davies, FT Technology Reporter who said “[Blockchain] is to Bitcoin, what the internet is to email. A big electronic system, on top of which you can build applications. Currency is just one.” The idea of Blockchain …

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Wanna be blown away by what kids can do when they’re paired with the right Code Coach?  Take a look at Gravity Crash, a game coded by an 11yo at the time.  A billiards game with real collisions and ball movement – and Newtonian physics.  Need I say more?

Ben Tarnoff of the Guardian argues that coding for kids is the Silicon Valley’s underhanded scheme to lower wages and make more profit.  He couldn’t be more wrong.

The movement to teach kids (and adults) to code has really been gathering steam in the last five years.  What’s happened since then?  What’s going to happen in the future?

What’s it like to learn to code?  Is it like learning science, or math like many parents traditionally assume?  Or is it more like learning music?  If you’ve read this far, you’ve guessed our answer – it’s a lot more like music.