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Why interdisciplinary learning makes coding click? What do bees, climate change, and outer space have in common with computer science? If your first thought was “not much,” you’re not alone. But at RockStartIT, we’re proving that connecting computer science with the real world doesn’t just make it more engaging, inclusive, creative, and fun. Let’s face […]

How saving bees is helping kids fall in love with coding What do bees and computer science have in common? More than you think and it might just be the secret to getting more kids excited about tech. If you’ve ever watched a child light up while learning something new, you know how powerful the

Why brilliant girls are turning away from coding: “Why would I want to code a game I wouldn’t want to play? Waste of time.” Let’s get one thing straight: It’s not because they “just aren’t interested.” For decades, we’ve been asking the wrong questions about why so few women end up in software engineering. This

What makes kids love (or dread) computer science? Teachers spill the beans. “Computer Science? That’s hacking, right?” Welcome to the minds of seventh graders when they first step into a CS classroom. In a new study from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, researchers interviewed seven passionate high school computer science teachers in Germany to determine

Empowering Girls in Computer Science: Unleashing their Potential In today’s rapidly advancing world, technology plays a pivotal role in shaping our lives. However, despite the ever-growing influence of technology, there’s a striking gender gap in the fields of computer science and software engineering. Girls remain significantly underrepresented in these domains, limiting the innovation and diversity

Menü Home The Confidence Gap, Not the Interest Gap Why girls really leave computer science and how we fix it “Girls don’t opt out of computer science because they’re uninterested. They opt out because they feel like novices—and we don’t help them.” This one sentence turns a decade of well-meaning initiatives on their head. For