Chapel Hill, NC based online technology education organization, Youth Digital has released its Mod Design 1: Dimensions expansion pack which teaches kids professional-level Java programming skills.

The popular block-building-sandbox game is creeping into the third annual Hour of Code, a worldwide campaign to spark students' interest in programming. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

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First "Star Wars," now "Minecraft." Microsoft and Code.org, a nonprofit that aims to expose students to computer science, have unveiled a Minecraft coding tutorial for kids and educators. This is part ...

Just a week after announcing a partnership with the “Star Wars” franchise, Seattle coding education company Code.org has cemented another high-profile partner — Microsoft. As the third annual Hour of ...

Along with the wider release of Code Builder, Microsoft has made some other updates to Education Edition. New Command Blocks let players give activated blocks within the game new commands. That makes ...

Microsoft partners with local technology and education groups to translate new ‘Hour of Code’ Minecraft coding tutorials into Māori language for Computer Science Education Week Microsoft’s annual ...

Every year, various computing companies associated with Code.org help promote and manage the Hour of Code campaign aimed at inspiring students to learn how to program. The campaign is held during ...

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, ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 16, 2015 — Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB, and Code.org on Monday unveiled a “Minecraft” coding tutorial for students and educators, created especially for the third-annual Hour of ...