News & Reviews: code4good
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Dec 22, 2015
Microsoft Corp. and Code.org have held a campaign in Malaysia to launch the third-annual Hour of Code in Asia Pacific, in effort to to broaden global participation in computer science. Using the theme “Code4Good”, Microsoft Malaysia hosted the Hour of Code campaign spanning 247 locations across Malaysia. Over 25000 children and youth from nonprofit and international schools participated the campaign.
One of the highlights from this year’s Hour of Code, is that a specially created “Minecraft” coding tutorial by Microsoft Corp. and Code.org was unveiled. The purpose is to introduce students and educators the fun in doing basic coding concepts in the world of Minecraft. Such one occasion was seen in Henry Gurney Prison School in Malacca, where over 150 of its students were shown how easy it was to code.[ Read More ]
