Minecraft: Education Edition can now teach kids how to code with the new Code Builder tool and the 'Agent', an in-game robot. Mojang will add Command Blocks in Education Edition later this year.

Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition is a brand-new extension that allows educators and students to explore, create, and play in an immersive Minecraft world – all by writing code.

Partner pairing and Code Builder work very well together, as students often help each other and encourage extension of the learning objectives. Students at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Wash., ...

The Minecraft tutorials are interactive and use the same characters and concepts from the Minecraft video game, but it's not the game itself. For Hour of Code, Minecraft developers work with educators ...

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 ...

Minecraft Education Edition is being used in schools from over 100 different countries Quarnstrom explains: "We see really interesting applications across primary and secondary school.

Minecraft Education Edition is getting a big upgrade: Code Builder. Essentially, students will be able to learn coding by traveling around the game's pixely world.

Image Credit: Code.org 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 ...

On Nov. 1, Microsoft will be releasing its newest Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, which, according to a recent announcement, could be 'possibly the most adventurous tutorial yet.' The company has ...