"You know how haunted houses have creaky doors or creepy monsters? I made the story go real loud, but real slow to make it seem scary," Tariq Trowell, a seven-year-old at Breckinridge-Franklin ...

A couple of years ago, as an 8-year-old trying to learn to code, a student named Theo was frustrated. Theo happens to be blind, and the standard tools designed to teach children to code rely heavily ...

Code Jumper is a new and innovative product designed to assist children in learning to code regardless of their visual ability. This unique physical system allows children to learn computer coding and ...

Microsoft has developed a product that introduces blind children to the world of coding. Called Code Jumper, this product is the result of Project Torino, a research project that was beta tested at ...

Due to the visual nature of common computer-based coding languages like Python and C++, blind and visually impaired students face greater challenges in learning to code. That’s where Code Jumper comes ...

WORCESTER, United Kingdom — It’s a warm day in early June and a group of students have gathered in the IT classroom at New College Worcester to show off their coding skills. But instead of poking at ...

Although the company has made a few controversial decisions in the past, one thing Microsoft can't be accused of is ignoring the needs of those with physical or mental disabilities. A few months back, ...

Microsoft just unloaded a whole bunch of news in time for the BETT education show. The most interesting bit of the bunch, however, is probably Code Jumper. The tethered hardware device is design to ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has been working on a physical programming language for children who are ...

Back in 2017, Microsoft unveiled Project Torino, a unique physical programming language that taught visually impaired kids the basics of coding. It was a huge step forward for accessibility, but it ...