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, ...

This article is part of the collection: Going Back to School With the 2016 EdSurge Fifty States Project. It’s important to keep kids engaged in their learning, but how do we accomplish something that ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A few big tech companies are handing over the control-ler to elementary school girls in hopes to keep them interested in STEM as they grow up. “We just wanna keep that whole ecosystem ...

Computer programmer and Minecraft player Seth Bling just did the most meta scheme by creating an interpreter that allows players to write their own BASIC codes inside Minecraft using the on-screen ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Microsoft acquired Mojang and its mega-popular Minecraft game in 2014, CEO Satya Nadella ...

Among a handful of announcements Microsoft made today — designed to make Windows a core facet of the classroom — the company provided more details on the Minecraft: Education Edition, which it first ...