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 ...

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 ...

It turns out K-12 students are just too skilled at playing computer games. So much so, that Microsoft had to develop a tougher version of its one-hour “Minecraft” tutorial that helps students learn to ...