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 ...

Coding is becoming an increasingly desirable skill in the modern world. There’s a growing consensus that children should be exposed to programming earlier and more often. “We’ve got to have our kids ...

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 ...

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 ...

unyani, (Bono), Sept. 8, GNA – Mr Gabriel Kwadwo Afram, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tutor has advocated the use of ‘physical 3D scratch coding blocks’ for teaching in basic ...