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Microsoft and Code.org unveil new Minecraft-themed tutorial for ‘Hour of Code’

Microsoft announced the next effort in a series of educational Minecraft products today: the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a free tutorial co-developed by Code.org that teaches students as young as ...
GeekWire

Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming

A student completes the Minecraft-themed coding tutorial that Microsoft built with Code.org. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft wants to turn kids’ love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming ...
WHNT

Minecraft can help teach kids how to code

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CBS News) – First “Star Wars,” now ...
TechCrunch

Code.org’s third annual Hour of Code includes star athletes and a new sports-themed coding tutorial

Jocks and nerds haven’t always gotten along in years past, but Code.org aims to bring them together for the third annual Hour of Code with a sports-themed coding campaign. The campaign, which kicks ...
Neowin

Code.org and Disney team up to bring new introductory Javascript lessons

Code.org and Disney have partnered up for the second time for the second Hour of Code initiative by launching a Star Wars based Javascript tutorial aimed at getting kids involved in programming.
TechCrunch

Code.org: 2 Weeks And 600M+ Lines Of Code Later, 20M Students Have Learned An “Hour Of Code”

Less than a year ago, brothers Hadi Partovi and Ali Partovi launched Code.org to help advocate for computer science in the U.S. and increase participation in STEM education by making these subjects ...