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 ...

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 ...

Nowadays, digital literacy is no longer perceived as complementary skills, it has become a foundation for preparing the young generation to navigate the future, particularly amid the rapid digital ...

Minecraft: Education Edition combines the creative gaming joys of Minecraft with knowledge to become a powerful educational tool. With the Mobile Update, the Education Edition is finally coming to ...

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 ...

I have two younger brothers. All three of us began our working lives as video game testers at the same company. I always loved the writing, so I found my way from there into journalism. My middle ...

Minecraft Education Edition is a variant of the well-known Bedrock Edition, which aims to bring educators and students together in a classroom or after-school setting. By introducing various aspects ...

Minecraft Education Edition is getting a big upgrade: Code Builder. Essentially, students will be able to learn coding by traveling around the game's pixely world. Typing "/code" will bring up a list ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In-game, the coding is represented by an actual helper robot that players will be able to code commands into. In ...

Minecraft is an interesting game for a lot of reasons. One of the biggest is the fact that there are two versions of the game in completely different coding languages being maintained at the same time ...

Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Minecraft: Education Edition, which ...

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 ...