Bleeping Computer

Code.org and Microsoft partner for a Minecraft Hour of Code

Microsoft and Code.org have partnered to release a new Hour of Code installment based around the popular Minecraft game. Code.org is an organization devoted to introducing programming to students of ...
SiliconANGLE

Code.org celebrates third annual Hour of Code with Minecraft tutorial for kids

In a three-way partnership Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB and Code.org have announced the celebration of the third annual Hour of Code, a programming event directed at teaching children to program ...
The Next Web

Code.org unveils ‘Hour of Code’ campaign encouraging K-12 students to pick up computer programming

Code.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting computer science education, has unveiled a new campaign it calls “Hour of Code” targeting 10 million students in the United States. From ...
Microsoft

Microsoft and Code.org announce free Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial for Computer Science Education week, Dec 5-11

With 30 million trials of last year’s Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial, Microsoft and Code.org believe the new offering will again introduce tens of millions to coding for the first time SINGAPORE, 16 ...
TechCrunch

Code.org: 2 Weeks And 600M+ Lines Of Code Later, 20M Students Have Learned An “Hour Of Code”

Less than a year ago, brothers Hadi Partovi and Ali Partovi launched Code.org to help advocate for computer science in the U.S. and increase participation in STEM education by making these subjects ...
GeekWire

America’s Coder in Chief: Barack Obama writes first line of code in Hour of Code challenge

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Molly Brown on Dec 9, 2014 at 9:07 am December 9, 2014 at 9:07 am ...
GeekWire

Microsoft and Code.org unveil new Minecraft-themed tutorial for ‘Hour of Code’

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 ...
Microsoft

Microsoft and Code.org team up to bring ‘Minecraft’ to Hour of Code

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 16, 2015 — Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB, and Code.org on Monday unveiled a “Minecraft” coding tutorial for students and educators, created especially for the third-annual Hour of ...
Education Week

Second Annual ‘Hour of Code’ Begins

In addition to being Computer Science Education Week, this week also marks the second official “Hour of Code,” a campaign by Seattle-based nonprofit Code.org to get more students learning some ...
The Journal

Minecraft, Code.org Releasing New Hour of Code Tutorial

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 ...
techtimes

Microsoft And Code.Org Deliver 'Minecraft' To Hour Of Code

In continuing to drive that point home, Code.org has teamed up with Microsoft to deliver a special Minecraft coding tutorial for students and educators at the third annual Hour of Code event. Although ...