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Why Every Child Should Learn to Code, Even if They Don’t Plan to Be a Software Engineer

A.J. O’Connell September 19, 2019

An interview with Dr. Oren Zuckerman, chief academic advisor for Tekkie Uni A young girl uses a sensor and a simple app she’s coded to make sure her little brother stays out of her room when she’s not home. A[...]

Education

What Does School Look Like Without Tests? Tekkie Uni.

A.J. O’Connell October 2, 2019

Homework and tests — no one really enjoys either. Kids avoid studying in their own time, parents dread having to nag their kids about it and teachers aren’t thrilled about grading. But homework and tests are a[...]

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‘Girls Can’t Code’

A.J. O’Connell September 19, 2019

How Tekkie Uni is Working to Close the STEM Gender Gap Girls can’t code. Programming is for boys. Girls just aren’t interested in technology. The above statements are obviously false. Girls can do anything boys[...]

Scratch Programming for Kids

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Team Lead: Meet Tekkie Uni Instructor Duha...

A.J. O’Connell November 24, 2020

Duha Abubaker is a whiz when it comes to languages. She went to school for English translation and as a member of a family of programmers,[...]

Education

Team Lead: Meet Tekkie Uni Instructor Batool...

A.J. O’Connell November 18, 2020

Batool Fareed became interested in coding when she was just a kid; her older brother was studying computer engineering and coded as a hobby.[...]

Education

Kids Need to Learn How to Lose Well.
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A.J. O’Connell November 15, 2020

Nobody likes losing. When a kid loses a game, they may worry that something is wrong with them personally, that they failed, or that they’re[...]

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3 Amazing Inventions of Augmented Reality...

Arie Elbelman R. November 15, 2020

You are right, we have discussed the huge impact augmented reality and virtual reality can have in our everyday lives in the past. Not so long[...]

Coding

Coding and animation: A deep and close...

Arie Elbelman R. November 9, 2020

How much joy did the first Disney movies you saw bring into your life? Do you remember the first time you ever saw an animated cartoon? What[...]

Coding

Chade-Meng Tan: Kindness, technology,...

Arie Elbelman R. November 4, 2020

Kindness is highly important. Regardless of what your kids decide to do with their lives, and whatever path they decide to walk to follow their[...]

Education

The most educational YouTube channels for...

Arie Elbelman R. October 28, 2020

It is amazing to see the natural and smooth interaction young kids have with technology. As if it was something obvious to do, they know exactly[...]

Women in tech

Meet Radia Perlman: The Mother of the...

Arie Elbelman R. October 20, 2020

In general, when we talk about great personalities in the worlds of technology, science, engineering or math, we refer to people who have[...]

Coding

How can programming help kids who are not...

Arie Elbelman R. October 13, 2020

You’ve heard us repeat this sentence on many, many occasions: Coding is a way of thinking. By learning how to code, your kids will develop and[...]

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