by cgarcia | Sep 13, 2021 | Education
Autumn is almost here and both school and after-school programs are back. All extracurricular activities have a positive impact on the social and cognitive development of children, but there are many different activities and the most important thing is to choose one...
by cgarcia | Mar 23, 2021 | Codelearn, Education
Spring is already here, which means that we are almost reaching the end of the school year. If you are somehow part of a school or its parents’ association, you may be already thinking about the extracurricular activities for the 2021-2022 academic year, as well as...
by cgarcia | Feb 1, 2021 | Education, Programming
Did you know that programming is currently the most sought-after subject by parents in many countries? According to a recent study by Gallup and Google, 90% of parents in the United States consider that learning to code will be totally necessary for their children’s...
by cgarcia | Dec 7, 2020 | Education, Video games
In 2009, the Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson launched Minecraft, an open-world game that stood out for its functionality and the multitude of things that could be done in this world: it is not a video game that sets specific goals, but rather all...
by cgarcia | Oct 1, 2020 | Education
In 2006, Dr. Jeannette Wing defined computational thinking as a set of skills and techniques aimed at solving problems which arise from the study of the nature of computing. Computational thinking can be worked through programming, since learning to code is not only...
by cgarcia | Sep 14, 2020 | Education, Programming
A new school year begins ─this time marked by the uncertainty that COVID19 has brought us─ and it is time to choose the extracurricular activities the younger ones will attend to. There are many types of extracurricular activities and the most important thing is that...
