Programming is a valuable skill for kids of all ages to pick up, and when they learn by playing with their favorite characters and games it’s even more fun. Code.org has two new tutorials that will ...

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 ...

Microsoft has announced the launch of Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a new tutorial that's part of the House of Code campaign held from December 5 to December 11th (the Computer Science Education ...

Microsoft's highly popular game can help children learn everything from programming, science and math to art, languages and history. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

“The 2016 Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial builds on the success of the original in a great way,” said Mike Harvey, technology teacher from Falmouth, Maine. “By programming familiar game events ...

Kids around the world are obsessed with the Minecraft video game, and crafts that bring the game to life are a sure hit for kids of all ages. From paper cube Minecraft crafts to Minecraft creeper ...

Two hours north of Sydney, Australia, the kids of 3-6 Rainbow, a class in Aspect Hunter school combining grades 3-6, are playing Minecraft. The students are bright, bubbly and talkative -- pretty much ...

For players new to Minecraft, or for those who are not building experts, finding ways to make easy but nice looking houses can be hard. Building a house, or some sort of base, in Minecraft is vitally ...