by codelearn | Jun 9, 2018 | Programming
What is the binary system? The binary system is a numbering system in which numbers are represented using only two digits: zero (0) and one (1). It is the natural counting system used by computers, since internally they work with two levels of voltage: on (or...
by codelearn | Jan 12, 2018 | Programming
In recent years several tools have emerged to help introducing programming to children and young people. These tools aim to provide an introduction to programming using a friendly environment but, at the same time, it offers several alternatives for learning the...
by cgarcia | Aug 28, 2017 | Activities, Programming
Most children know Scratch today, an educational tool created by the MIT Media Lab to teach coding to kids. Codelearn’s team has visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has had the opportunity to interview Mitchel Resnick (Scratch’s creator) and...
by | Jun 13, 2017 | Programming
In our country, it’s strange to relate programming as a skill focused on children. However, there are increasingly more initiatives (mostly on Anglo-Saxon world) to teach computational thinking to children from an early age. Note that computational thinking is...