The Minecraft Hour of Code Designer tutorials are designed for anyone ages six and up and uses Code.org’s drag-and-drop coding interface to impart computer science concepts including object ...

Minecraft tutorials for Hour of Code aren't new in and of themselves; rather, this is the new one made for this year, with Microsoft saying that both its own game designers and those from Mojang ...

“The 2016 Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial builds on the success of the original in a great way,” said Mike Harvey, technology teacher from Falmouth, Maine. “By programming familiar game events ...

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 ...

In the case of the Hour of Code tutorial, Minecraft’s Steve and Alex become similar to Logo’s turtle. They follow a stack of code blocks, which represent common programming functions ...

But Partovi said the Code.org version won't ruin the magic of actual Minecraft, which last year surpassed 100 million registered users — about as many as have participated in the Hour of Code.

Gaming. Minecraft Gets Hour of Code Tutorial. By Dian Schaffhauser; 11/16/15; Computer Science Week is fast approaching, and Microsoft has teamed up with the organizers behind Minecraft and Hour of ...

Just in time for Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code, Microsoft Corp. and Code.org have unveiled the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a coding tutorial for students and educators. The ...

It just teamed up with Code.org to introduce the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a tutorial that teaches young newcomers (6 years old and up) how to create a simple game.

Microsoft teams up with Code.org on a Minecraft tutorial for the Hour of Code to help youngsters further their interest in computer science.