Microsoft and Code.org have partnered to release a new Hour of Code installment based around the popular Minecraft game. In this installment of Hour of Code, you learn how to control either Steve ...

Google wants to encourage parents to get their kids involved in the Blockly games so they can introduce them to programming and promising future careers.

In an effort to get more students interested in computer programming, code.org, backed by a number of tech and Web giants, this week launches its Hour of Code initiative, running as part of ...

Later will come Blockly. And longer term, the company tells me that the plan is to open up Ozobot’s controls to work with a variety of computing languages.

Computer Science Week is fast approaching, and Microsoft has teamed up with the organizers behind Minecraft and Hour of Code to encourage students to pick up coding within the Minecraft environment.