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 ...

In an interview with Mitchel Resnick, who leads the group at MIT that develops Scratch, Amanda Sandler, CS First Program Manager asked Mitchell to explain main new features of the new Scratch 3.0 ...

One of the most common questions I get from teachers and parents is: What programming language should we use to teach kids to code? Is it important to always start with block-based languages like ...

Creators at Evollve Inc. announced the launch of the next-generation of Ozobot minirobots at CE Week 2015 in New York City on Wednesday. Ozobot is a minirobot that identifies color and patterns on ...

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The Pytch app is designed to help students learn how to use Python by using the skills they have developed in the block-based programming language Scratch. Researchers from Trinity College Dublin and ...

In an update to code blocks on Google Docs, Google said it's adding support for 14 new programming languages and other code languages to visualize code easily and make it more readable. In 2022, ...

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 ...