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ThinkFun Code Master, Image: Sophie Brown

Code Master: The Programming Logic Game from ThinkFun

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020Sophie Brown

Code Master is a single-player logic game from ThinkFun that aims to teach basic coding skills to kids aged from eight to adult.

Business or Pleasure: Which Laptop Is Best for Your Family?

January 5, 2017December 11, 2017Evil Genius Mum

New Year, New Devious Plans. I need some new hardware but I’m not sure which laptop best suits our Evil Genius needs. So, ASUS sent me two. *grin

Hour of Code Lesson Ideas: Back to Basics

December 5, 2016December 9, 2017Evil Genius Mum

When I say ‘Lesson Plan’, it comes with a disclaimer. But yeah—I am totally taking over the world, and my kids’ classroom, for an hour of code next week.

Kickstarter Alert: Movin’ With the Mover Kit

May 18, 2016December 8, 2017Evil Genius Mum

The Mover Kit: Wearable tech for kids; with a huge range of possibilities to code, create, and encourage kids to do more. It’s fairly simple in appearance but like any child’s imagination – it’s the potential within which is amazing.

If You Can Dance, You Can Code

January 24, 2016December 7, 2017Nivi Engineer

Behind the intimidating circuitry hidden inside the impersonal hardshell exterior known as computers is an elegant simplicity that can unlock countless possibilities limited only by your imagination. The beauty of it is that it is so fundamentally easy to understand, yet capable of doing so, so much. Much like dancing.

Interview: PlayStation First and the Gaming Community

December 20, 2015December 4, 2017Evil Genius Mum

Now the Hour of Code is finished, what do you do with your budding game developers? EG Mum takes a look at one of the academic programmes for older students and interviews Dr Maria Stukoff, Head of PlayStation First.

Start Kids on a Coding Adventure with the ‘Minecraft’ Hour of Code

November 16, 2015December 4, 2017Kelly Knox

The Hour of Code Minecraft tutorial, aimed at kids ages 6 and up, encourages young Minecraft fans to learn to code with Blockly, a simple drag-and-drop interface.

GeekMom Holiday Traditions: Christmas Light Geekiness

December 22, 2013November 24, 2017Cathé Post1

Times have changed since I was a little girl with my lanky legs crammed in the back of my parents’ cream VW Bug, defogging the window with the sleeve of my Christmas dress to see a pretty string of lights here and there…