You may have seen Minecraft used to teach programming or even mods that allow some in-game programming, but writing BASIC code inside Minecraft? That's virtually unheard of... until now. SethBling ...

A new one-hour programming tutorial lets students understand better how to build something as sophisticated as the wildly popular Minecraft game.

Microsoft today announced Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition. This new extension will teach kids how to code with the help of an assistant within the building block video game. Code ...

Minecraft: The video game that builds kids' brain cells Microsoft's highly popular game can help children learn everything from programming, science and math to art, languages and history.

I imagine a sizeable number of Minecraft-a-trons will be too young to remember BASIC or the games powered by the now glaringly dated programming language that was founded in the mid-1960s but ...

Using the thousands of mods available, Minecraft can also be used to teach subjects other than programming. Rather than problem solving, it can be tailored to foster creativity, and tasks can be ...

Together we will be bringing credentialing into Minecraft Education in key, in-demand skills areas starting with Prodigy Learning’s Coding in Minecraft program.

Programming languages can be daunting to learn, especially if you're a kid who'd rather be playing games than creating them. Thankfully, ThoughtSTEM has found a way to make coding both accessible ...

Minecraft, a popular PC game, is now a gateway into the programming world. And, in a novel approach to teaching programming, a new book from No Starch Press, “Learn to Program with Minecraft” ($29.95, ...