Computers play a huge role in our everyday lives, and now more than ever, it's important that educators provide computer basics for kids, what computers can do and how technology can be helpful. From ...

CS First isn't new (the program started last year), but as a program that's meant for teachers and community volunteers to form computer science clubs for kids ages 9 to 14, you might not have heard ...

There is a sense of complete wonder at the insides of a computer, and it’s something I find both worrying and surprising. I am of the first generation for whom computers have been standard items in ...

Many school districts are reluctantly cutting staff and dropping courses in a desperate effort to respond to tighter budgets. But some educators are looking at ways to save money and improve ...

Grandparents of children now in school may remember the space race that began in the mid-1950s. Competing with Russia to be the first with a man on the moon, the United States pushed for more math, ...

About 65 St. Vrain Valley teachers, counselors, librarians and coordinators attended a day-long symposium Monday at Longmont’s Timberline K-8 to learn about integrating computer science principles ...

Does a child really need a human teacher in order to learn? Most experts will tell you yes, definitely, that teachers make learning easier and give it direction and context. They push and encourage.

Albert Obese-Jecty’s young son “changed our administrator password and subsequently forgot the new one.” I give him a lesson in high-tech childrearing. Children and teenagers want to use computers, ...

The effects of studying alone or in cooperative learning groups on high- and average-ability students were investigated. Also examined were the effects of completing computer-based instruction using ...