Minecraft has outgrown its humble beginnings in 2011 and has since become the top sold video game of all time. This massive growth has brought a huge player base that is dedicated to bettering the ...

Microsoft's latest Hour of Code tutorial is providing educators with resources to teach their students the basics of coding and how to prevent forest fires using Minecraft. The lesson is inspired by ...

Following months of testing and free trials for early adopters, Microsoft announced this morning that its learning-focused version of the popular Minecraft game, Minecraft: Education Edition, is now ...

In September, Minecraft: Education Edition launched a new world that focused on the indigenous Māori culture in New Zealand. Earlier in the same year, Microsoft teamed up with WWF to offer an ...

Ford, the lessons' co-creator, remarks on creating a powerful world and the benefits of game-based learning for K–12 education. Minecraft: Education Edition’s “Good Trouble: Lessons in Social Justice” ...

The free content which will be available via both the in-game Minecraft Marketplace and Minecraft: Education Edition "is designed to help educators explore crucial topics and ideas about social ...

A new update for Minecraft: Education Edition, called Update Aquatic, is adding underwater science to the educational version of the popular world-building game. Update Aquatic adds new features and ...

I’m a science teacher, not a gamer, but my students are obsessed with Minecraft. In this video I show how I use Minecraft Education to turn our lessons on ecosystems, food chains, and lab safety into ...

Mojang Studios has announced the first lesson in Minecraft's "Good Trouble: Social Justice Movements Around the World" learning series. The first episode will debut next Thursday, November 5th, ...