The US Department of Education has recently approved a significant $4 million funding allocation to promote digital literacy among middle school students—in a way utilizing a popular sandbox game.

Gamifying learning is all the rage these days, especially when it comes to ed-tech platforms. But the effect that approach has on learning can range significantly, experts say. Some products hook ...

Getting children excited about learning isn’t always easy, but packaging it in one of their favorite video games is an easy way to win them over, which is where Minecraft Education Edition comes in.

Prodigy Learning and Minecraft Education have partnered to bring computer science (CS) and coding skills to learners through the immersive world of Minecraft. The collaboration is kicking off with ...

Pam's Colecovision was her babysitter, from the age of 4 or 5, but the family only had one game. Over and over, hour after hour, she'd climb and jump through the three levels of Donkey Kong. But the ...

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has made available a program that uses the popular game Minecraft to teach coding. Coding in Minecraft, by Prodigy Learning, uses Minecraft: ...

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 ...

Discovery Education recently unveiled a new Minecraft: Education Edition channel within its learning platform, which means that the wildly popular educational game is now supported within DE’s ...

The world is stuck at home as part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. This has led to a huge jump in gaming activity across multiple platforms. Sony has even agreed to throttle its network ...

After more than a year of collaboration with Microsoft Canada, Minecraft: Education Edition, and the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) announce the release of Manito Ahbee Aki, the first Minecraft ...

With schools closed and many a parent thrust into the difficult role of managing a job, a household and a child’s education, here’s one unexpected bit of positive news to emerge from the coronavirus ...