New Delhi, December 11, 2015: As part of the third annual Hour of Code, Microsoft is leading thousands of events in more than 50 countries around the world in support of Code.org. Microsoft is ...

Seemingly every child (and parent) in the world is still obsessed with (or unable to shake) Frozen, Disney’s animated smash hit from 2013. So it’s probably no surprise that Seattle-based nonprofit ...

So far, the “Hour of Code” movement seems to be working — at least from an exposure standpoint. The campaign, part of Computer Science Education Week and created by Seattle-based Code.org, announced ...

Kindergartners and first graders crowded into the Susitna Elementary computer lab Monday morning. But they're not playing computer games -- they're learning to write them during an Hour of Code.

Computer science has been called the new literacy for the 21st century. And yet, computer science education is on the decline in the U.S., where only 5 percent of students learn how to program. The ...

With the tech industry concerned about the lack of skilled programmers coming up through the ranks, it’s hoped that this week’s Hour of Code initiative, which is taking place as part of Computer ...

Mobile apps thrive when they allow the user to check, explore or experiment with content in short bursts. Codecademy, meanwhile, is renowned as one of the best ways to learn programming languages such ...

Minecraft Education has been an integral part of Mojang's approach to using the game as an educational tool and teaching core concepts in subjects like computer science, chemistry, and more. The ...

As part of its ongoing support for Code.org’s Hour of Code, Microsoft will be directly conducting over 30 Hour of Code events in Asia to encourage youth to try and pursue computer science and get ...

IT-consutling firm Accenture is bringing its Hour of Code coding tutorial into 15 languages for Computer Science Education Week. Accenture produced a tutorial on artificial intelligence in partnership ...

Kids who want to learn how to code will now have the power of the "Force" behind them. On Monday, Code.org revealed that it's partnered with Disney to create a free online computer science tutorial ...

Held every December to commemorate the birthday of the world's first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace, today marks the start of Computer Science Education Week, a program to inspire students in ...