The following is an excerpt from MakeCode for Minecraft, a block-based approach to computer science using the popular game Minecraft. The full curriculum is available ...

If you want to learn how to code, taking your first steps can be daunting, but here’s the big secret: There are plenty of free and cheap resources you can use to get all the help you need, learn new ...

Osmo Coding Jam uses characters and physical blocks to help children learn block-based coding through music. and play. What started as a clutch of novel ways to learn spelling, shapes and numbers on ...

It's simply called Osmo Coding, and it builds on top of the Reflective AI platform the company launched a couple years ago. You essentially fit a mirror over the front-facing camera of an iPad, and ...

As part of Code.org’s Hour of Code program, Disney is releasing “Moana: Wayfinding with Code,” a free online tutorial to teach kids the basics of computer science. The tutorial features characters ...

Programming can be a lonely, abstract, and ultimately frustrating activity. Even when building the simplest of applications, you can spend hours---indeed days---in front of a computer, coding in some ...

Mr Gabriel Kwadwo Afram, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tutor has advocated the use of ‘physical 3D ...

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 science ...

Children use the Scratch code-building program to animate figures on an interactive white board at De Beauvoir school Credit: Photo: Maja Daniels It is 3.31pm and the bell has just rung to signal the ...