Microsoft today unveiled Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition, a new tool that will help kids learn how to code by manipulating the blocky open world of Minecraft. Code Builder is a tool in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At its education event earlier in May, Microsoft unveiled its latest effort to help kids learn ...

Samit Sarkar (he/him) is Polygon’s deputy managing editor. He has more than 17 years of experience covering video games, movies, television, and technology. The latest new feature in Minecraft: ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tynker, the leader in creative computing that has introduced more than 50 million kids to computer programming through innovative game-like learning activities ...

Minecraft Education has been a cornerstone of the franchise and an extensive part of the title's massive popularity. Primarily aimed at teaching children core educational values engagingly, it ...

Melissa Wrenchey has spent over 10 years in the classroom as an educator. She is currently a computer science and engineering teacher at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Wash., as well as teacher ...

Minecraft: Education Edition is also expected to be updated to version 1.0.1 later this spring, incorporating several new features — from texture pack support to Command Blocks to ... llamas. Code ...

A scene from the Minecraft: Education Edition classroom run by Drew Carson. He and his students have built together the world. A scene from the Minecraft: Education Edition classroom run by Drew ...

As part of Computer Science Education Week, students around the world will participate in Hour of Code, a grassroots movement founded by national nonprofit Code.org to make coding more accessible.

Microsoft today announced that a new Minecraft Hour of Code Tutorial, Hero’s Journey, has been released as part of its ongoing support for Hour of Code. This is the third consecutive year that ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At the #MicrosoftEDU event, Microsoft unveiled a new code construction tool for Minecraft.