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 ...

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There are a lot of coding tutorials out there. But only one that will have kids belting out “Let it Go.” That’s right: Seattle-based Code.org has teamed up with Disney to create a new tutorial that ...

First "Star Wars," now "Minecraft." Microsoft and Code.org, a nonprofit that aims to expose students to computer science, have unveiled a Minecraft coding tutorial for kids and educators. This is part ...

Disney and Code.org launches Star Wars-themed Hour of Code tutorials Disney and Code.org are joining forces in an effort to help educate on computer science and raise a new generation of game ...

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Microsoft knows that Minecraft can get kids into programming, and it's banking on that strategy again this year. It just teamed up with Code.org to introduce the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a ...

Once upon a time, coding was only for the super-elite computer-nerd crowd. Today, coding is for everyone, from bloggers to marketers to students to C-level execs. Some of the benefits of being able to ...

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 ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Code.org nonprofit trains teachers on how to teach computer science lessons to students from kindergarten ...

Code.org has teamed up with Disney for a Star Wars-themed 'Hour of Code' project to teach kids computer programming. Given the hype around The Force Awakens, that's quite a coup for the organization ...

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