Minecraft and Code.org are teaming up to bring a Minecraft-inspired coding tutorial to students and teachers as part of the annual Hour of Code initiative.
The tutorial, created by Minecraft game designers, should feel familiar to players of the popular franchise according to a post on Xbox Wire. Players will interact with characters Steve and Alex as they go through 14 self-guided challenges before exploring the Minecraft world with code. The lesson has already been tried by over 380,000 participants.
Minecraft isn't the only popular franchise to receive coding modules. Previously, Code.org also based lessons off of Star Wars, where coders can learn to program droids or even make a Star Wars game.
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The tutorial, created by Minecraft game designers, should feel familiar to players of the popular franchise according to a post on Xbox Wire. Players will interact with characters Steve and Alex as they go through 14 self-guided challenges before exploring the Minecraft world with code. The lesson has already been tried by over 380,000 participants.
Minecraft isn't the only popular franchise to receive coding modules. Previously, Code.org also based lessons off of Star Wars, where coders can learn to program droids or even make a Star Wars game.
Continue reading…
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