The kids whiling away hours playing Angry Birds or Candy Crush Saga are being given the opportunity to create their own games instead with the BBC’s Make It: Technobabble tool. Dubbed a “digital maker kit”, it’s a spin-off of CBBC show Technobabble.
As people become increasingly dependant on technology, parents are anxious to equip their kids with the tools they need to adapt. How? By teaching them the basics of software programming.
The Girl Scouts of America have been selling cookies for almost 100 years; well known for their formidable face-to-face sales skills. Yet the announcement of Digital Cookie – a web-based sales platform and app – is set to revolutionise the way these girls go about business.
The BBC announced in September 2014 that it plans to produce a wide range of content that will encourage children to get involved with computing and coding. The initiative will span across online, print and television media channels and include series, games and competitions.
Knowing how to code is an increasingly important skill, but getting a young child enthusiastic about programming isn’t easy. Can gamifying the education process with toy robots help create a new generation of computer scientists?