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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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DIY toys to build with your children

Arie Elbelman R. January 17, 2021

All kids love toys. All kids love playing with different kinds, even if when they’re young they prefer the boxes over the expensive toys we[...]

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Children playing Chess: Building the...

Arie Elbelman R. January 10, 2021

Chess has been popular for centuries. It has been an intelligent board game and an integral part of many societies since way before Netflix[...]

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3 extraordinary apps to encourage outdoors...

Arie Elbelman R. January 3, 2021

Encouraging our kids to leave their screens aside and to jump outside to enjoy a beautiful day isn’t as easy as we would like it to be. Sadly,[...]

Women in tech

Mary Allen Wilkes: The creator of the 1st...

Arie Elbelman R. December 28, 2020

In this blog, we’ve been honoring a number of different personalities from the worlds of STEM, Technology, and Science. We feel it is[...]

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4 amazing examples of the future of IoT

Arie Elbelman R. December 20, 2020

Technology is progressing way too fast. We live in a hyper-connected world that enables us to do almost anything. If we could explain the[...]

Coding

3 Cool Sci-Fi books to get your kids...

Arie Elbelman R. December 12, 2020

There are numerous ways to get your children interested in coding. They don’t have to show a genuine interest in the fields of programming or[...]

Coding

3 amazing things your kids can create with...

Arie Elbelman R. December 2, 2020

For some parents who are not fully aware of the numerous programming languages available, the name Python might sound weird and distant. That is[...]

Education

Team Lead: Meet Tekkie Uni Instructor Majd...

A.J. O’Connell November 30, 2020

Majd Assaf can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to be a teacher. Her desire to teach has always been a part of her life. “I remember[...]

Education

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,[...]