"Minecraft" studio boss on COVID-19-era college graduations happening inside the game and 50 million free downloads of education content.

Example: a table where kids create a light in Minecraft, then build a circuit board, the real-life version of what they'd just forged online. "It would take kids on an educational path," says Gasco.

For example, in the Pirate Cove lesson, students are incentivized to develop creativity, decision making, communication and collaboration skills. The building and planning aspects of Minecraft ...

The new Minecraft: Education Edition will have better maps with coordinates that teachers and students can use to navigate virtual worlds. The multi-player mode will also be built to accommodate ...

Following up on its promises from January, Microsoft today released a free trial of Minecraft Education Edition – the version of Minecraft meant for use in the classroom – to educators worldwide.

The developer is currently providing early access to Minecraft: Education Edition for free to educators around the world. This version of the popular block-building virtual sandbox is based on ...

As part of Computer Science Education Week, students around the world will participate in Hour of Code, a grassroots movement founded by national nonprofit Code.org to make coding more accessible ...

To them, “Minecraft” is the epitome of the classroom video game, and the world-building game has been incorporated into every type of class. Now, thanks to a new update, players of “Minecraft: ...

Minecraft is an example of a sandbox game, which is one that allows you to be creative without there being any goal or storyline to complete. Often, they're games you can build things in.

Minecraft has put together a new plan to help young people learn about green energy. Players will be encouraged to design and create a windfarm, as well as look after marine wildlife.