Sir, – Tom Moylan (August 5th) suggests computer programming should be taught in Irish schools. The UK has recently announced the revision of its curriculum to include coding. The problem in Ireland ...

Coding is one aspect of digital making. When you write code, you are writing instructions for a computer to follow. The instructions might just be "turn this graphic by one degree each second", or ...

Coding has not yet arrived on the Irish school curriculum. As this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition shows, Irish schools are missing out, writes John Kennedy. I say it every year and ...

Primary school teacher Manon Watkins has been teaching children to code using the BBC micro:bit for five years at schools in Wales. She was looking into different tools that could help her pupils ...

He gave the assurances after making a commitment that computer science will be available as a subject for Leaving Certificate to students starting at fifth year in September 2018. The first phase of ...

Teaching through play is nothing new. It's often used in schools and even the workplace to help people learn new concepts. The video gaming world is filled with games designed to educate players. As ...

Ever since the sudden explosion of AI awareness, many people have asked me if coding as we know it is dead. The question has come from many sources—parents wondering if their kids should even bother ...

This collection of classroom resources for primary and secondary schools could be used to support teaching around National Coding Week. What is National Coding Week? National Coding Week is an annual ...

Primary-school teachers and unions have said Minister for Education Richard Bruton’s “ambitious” plans to introduce coding to all primary schools by September 2019 are not realistic. Teachers have ...