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 ...

Technology is playing an increasingly important role in all areas of our lives. Children are increasingly using technology at home too. Naturally, technology is an increasingly important facet of 21st ...

The World Economic Forum has estimated that 85% of joblistings in 2025 will require technological competency. While this doesn't meanchildren need to be coders and developers to have a successful ...

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 ...

My five- and seven-year-old constantly fight over who gets the iPad first. We have one, and they get to use it in tiny doses, usually when I'm at my wit's end. Their favorite app? ScratchJr, MIT's ...

The findings come from a Robotics & Coding Bootcamp conducted in partnership with Microsoft and the Gauteng Department of Education, which brought together 283 students from four schools in the ...

Take a look inside Curro Academy Protea Glen, Soweto and its robotics class. In March 2022, the Department of Basic Education announced that it plans to introduce several new school subjects to its ...