The popular block-building-sandbox game is creeping into the third annual Hour of Code, a worldwide campaign to spark students' interest in programming. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

Minecraft's Education Edition was released last November, allowing teachers at certain academic institutions to teach within the environment of the Minecraft world. The platform is a fairly versatile ...

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 ...

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 ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 15, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. and Code.org on Tuesday unveiled the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a coding tutorial for students and educators created for Hour of Code, an annual, ...