A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game Minecraft.

Code.org recently launched a Star Wars-themed “Hour of Code” tutorial, and today they’re geeking it up a notch: a brand-new program is based in the world ...

Coding in Minecraft has statewide contracts in Alaska, North Carolina, and Washington state, as well with individual school districts. In Washington state, all districts have access to the program ...

Coding in Minecraft has statewide contracts in Alaska, North Carolina, and Washington state, as well with individual school districts. In Washington state, all districts have access to the program ...

The learn to code space is packed with ideas. But when it comes to what children want to do online, towering over everything else is the build-it-yourself Microsoft-owned Minecraft platform.

Like many nine-year-olds, Stanley Strum spends a lot of time building things in Minecraft, the immersive game that lets your create your own mini-universe. The game has many tools. But Stanley is ...

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 ...

You'll learn how to write programs, solve complex problems, design algorithms and test and debug your programs. The programming foundations course is part of the five-course Java Programming and ...

While modding with Java, kids learn to create their own custom pickaxes, their own enemies, or their own dimensions. They can use Java coding to give their creations special properties and then ...