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 ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tynker, the leader in creative computing that has introduced more than 50 million kids to computer programming through innovative game-like learning activities ...

Coding curricula is sweeping into classrooms across the country, thanks to programs such as Code.org. According to the Education Commission of States, about 20 states now require that districts allow ...

The US Department of Education has recently approved a significant $4 million funding allocation to promote digital literacy among middle school students—in a way utilizing a popular sandbox game.

You may have seen Minecraft used to teach programming or even mods that allow some in-game programming, but writing BASIC code inside Minecraft? That's virtually unheard of... until now. SethBling has ...

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 ...

Microsoft today unveiled Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition, a new tool that will help kids learn how to code by manipulating the blocky open world of Minecraft. Code Builder is a tool in ...

Teenager Alea Frydnlund is creating zombies. “It will attack you if you’re on survival,” she says. “But right now, I’m just on creative.” Alea hunches over a screen in a classroom at the University of ...

Like check and mate in chess, the ability to fashion a diamond tool in the video game Minecraft, one of the game's high-level challenges, is becoming mundane for artificial intelligence. And now, ...