The Hour of Code is an annual campaign designed to get kids across the globe interested in coding, and this year, Microsoft and Minecraft developer Mojang (which Microsoft acquired in 2014) have ...

Microsoft and Code.org have come together to debut Minecraft Designer, a free tutorial for students aged 6 and up that uses the Minecraft environment to teach coding. Minecraft Designer is a free, ...

My daughter advising her big brother on his coding choices for the Hour of Code Minecraft puzzles. Since 2013, non-profit Code.org has been encouraging young people, especially girls, African ...

The Minecraft game has become an integral part of global coding activities for kids with the release of its educational edition. This singular act has changed how coding used to be viewed because it ...

Programming languages can be daunting to learn, especially if you're a kid who'd rather be playing games than creating them. Thankfully, ThoughtSTEM has found a way to make coding both accessible and ...

This year's Hour of Code has added a Minecraft-themed activity to encourage kids to try coding. The Hour of Code is now in its third year, and is run by Code.org, a non-profit organization dedicated ...

A new e-learning software, developed by San Diego education start-up ThoughtSTEM, teaches K-12 students how to code by allowing them to write mods ("modifications") to the popular video game, ...

Microsoft has announced a partnership with Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, that will teach kids the basics of programming using Minecraft. Microsoft bought ...

The following is an excerpt from MakeCode for Minecraft, a block-based approach to computer science using the popular game Minecraft. The full curriculum is available ...