REDMOND, Wash. — Any resistance the young people in your life may have to learning basic computer science will effectively melt on Monday, when Microsoft and the non-profit group Code.org release a ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Code.org, the nonprofit that offers free online lessons in computer programming to students from kindergarten to high school, is tapping the power of the force to reach more young ...

These four sites offer step-by-step tutorials that take very different approaches to programming instruction. One of them is perfect for your level of coding experience. Dennis O'Reilly began writing ...

A student completes the Minecraft-themed coding tutorial that Microsoft built with Code.org. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft wants to turn kids’ love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming ...

Computers play a huge role in our everyday lives, and now more than ever, it's important that educators provide computer basics for kids, what computers can do and how technology can be helpful. From ...

With 30 million trials of last year’s Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, Microsoft and Code.org believe the new offering will again introduce tens of millions to coding for the first time SINGAPORE, 16 ...

The inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer is incredibly versatile. So far we've seen it turned into an XBMC media center, PC-in-a-keyboard, and DSLR camera accessory. Now free tutorials from Cambridge ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates will teach code during the "Hour of Code" event. Oct. 16, 2013— -- Two of the tech industry's biggest names are offering more than just sage advice to high school ...

It wasn’t so long ago that computer programming seemed the domain of a certain type—the introverted loner toiling away in darkened basements, perhaps with breaks to watch Xena reruns. The rest of us, ...

Lisa Bejarano's first-period geometry class seemed like all fun and games Wednesday, but it was actually pretty serious stuff. Students at Aspen Valley High School played a computer game involving an ...