Its developers at Microsoft hope to cultivate a large, open community for teachers and students around coding. “Before we launched the Education edition [of Minecraft] we spent about a year out with ...

The latest new feature in Minecraft: Education Edition makes it possible for students to learn how to code while playing the game.

The Minecraft team at Microsoft has partnered with Seattle area schools and educators to create the new Hour of Code tutorial and features in Minecraft: Education Edition.

Teaching kids to code, using Minecraft's building blocks Young Minecraft architects can now start getting an education in programming while they play the popular 3D video game.