Social robots for 21st century skills: The new EdTech frontier? Social robots offer an exceptional opportunity to combine humanity and technology in new ways within the educational system by Goren Gordon / July 8, 2021
Levelling up research on the adolescent brain Smartphone games have the potential to reveal how our brains reach decisions and how these processes can go awry Interview by Juanita Bawagan / December 14, 2020
“Coding is a creative tool for self-expression and solving problems“ Entrepreneur Dora Palfi talks about her latest project that aims at empowering teenage girls to shape the future with technology Interview by Franz Tschimben / March 12, 2020
“I am worried about how we educate kids for a future we don’t know about” Linda Liukas explains why encouraging children to be scientists, artists, creators, and tinkerers is an investment in the future of society Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / December 19, 2019
“Programming robots helps children change their attitude toward mistakes” Swiss primary school teacher Laura Hess observed new cooperative learning patterns when her school introduced robotics and programming Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / November 29, 2019
“A machine should be like a personal trainer for learners” Edy Portmann explains why it is important for schools to reinforce the scientist that lies within every child Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 13, 2019
Robots: Learning companions for our children What role can AI play in education, and what promises and challenges does it entail? October 17, 2018
“Technology for teaching content is only one aspect of digitalization” Daniel Schunk discusses often forgotten aspects of digitalization and the changing role of teachers Interview by Sabine Gysi / October 12, 2018
Addressing the gender gap and extending the cognitive gains from coding Today, women comprise only 18 percent of all computer science graduates. Girls Who Code is focused on closing this gender gap by David Karas / March 24, 2017
Giving every child the opportunity to learn how to code A large collaboration has created much-needed guidelines for primary and secondary computer science education by Meeri Kim / November 18, 2016
