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...
by cgarcia | Sep 7, 2020 | Education
Due to the arrival of the coronavirus many schools, extracurricular activities and other training for both children and adults have experienced with online education or e-learning for the first time. E-learning is a modality that, as we explained some months ago,...
by cgarcia | Jun 8, 2020 | Education
Mathematical competences will be the main subject assessed in PISA 2021 and for the first time these tests will include questions to assess students’ computational thinking. PISA is a program promoted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...
by cgarcia | Apr 6, 2020 | Codelearn, Education
Coronavirus is forcing schools, teachers and students to adapt to a very different education system – and to do it quickly. A few days ago we talked about the advantages of e-learning, but if you have children at home you will have already noticed that if it is not...
