Microsoft knows that Minecraft can get kids into programming, and it's banking on that strategy again this year. It just teamed up with Code.org to introduce the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a ...

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 ...

Coding curricula is sweeping into classrooms across the country, thanks to programs such as Code.org. According to the Education Commission of States, about 20 states now require that districts allow ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Nov. 1, Microsoft will be releasing its newest Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, which, according to a recent announcement, could be "possibly the most adventurous tutorial yet." The company has ...

So this may be what, when Microsoft paid a bazillion dollars for Minecraft last year and everyone said “This could go really, really well or really, really poorly,” would be an example of it going ...

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: ...

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 is leveraging Minecraft Education Edition for schools, with a new Code Builder tool that wraps coding in with building. Announced alongside Windows 10 S at the company's MicrosoftEDU event ...