The 14-level tutorial was created for the third annual "Hour of Code," a campaign that seeks to get educators and young people interested in coding. It takes place this year during the week of Dec ...

As a “self-proclaimed Imagineer," YouTuber Estefannie’s channel looks a lot different than the makeup and food tutorials you might see on your feed. In place of face contouring videos and ...

Along the way, students use Code.org’s familiar drag-and-drop coding interface to learn computer science concepts such as object-oriented programming, event handlers and repeat loops. Players face a ...

REDMOND, Washington, Nov. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB, and Code.org on Monday unveiled a "Minecraft" coding tutorial for students and educators, created especially for the ...

The tutorials will come in the form of a video lectures featuring Gates, Zuckerberg, and other coding pioneers. Susan Wojcicki, from Google, and Gabe Newell, from Valve Software, are also expected ...

It wasn’t so long ago that computer programming seemed the domain of a certain type—the introverted loner toiling away in darkened basements, perhaps with breaks to watch Xena reruns. The rest ...

Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning.

The drag-and-drop coding apps and tutorials that many K-12 schools use to teach students the beginnings of code may be entertaining, but they don't mimic the work real computer scientists do ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Learning how to code has a bit of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reputation. On the one hand, it promises to be a path to job stability, given that by 2020 some one million computer ...

"So most programs that introduce coding in fourth grade and up, it's great, but they are coming kind of late to the party," she says. The project was funded by a $1.3 million grant from the ...