Stories from 11 December 2013
Using the Left Brain to Teach the Right: Visual Computer Programming
Scratch is a programming language designed for use by educators and young people to teach the building blocks of computer programming. It is a visual, block-based, computer programming language editor available in 40 languages.
guifi.net, Spain's Wildly Successful DIY Wireless Network
At any given moment in Spain, there are thousands of people surfing the Internet. But more and more Spaniards are opting for a kind of parallel Internet, one that avoids the high costs of commercial Internet Service Providers and bridges the digital divide.