Code Kingdoms – Learn how to code using Minecraft

Designed by Computer Science teachers, they link coding and Minecraft to the curriculum, ensuring your child learns at every step of designing their mod. All you need is a computer with Minecraft installed and a Minecraft account. The editor, server, mod project tutorials and community are all cloud-based and accessed via web browser (they recommend Google Chrome). You don’t need to download or install anything else.

Their goal is to help prepare the next generation for a digital future by making computing more accessible and engaging (especially for girls who are very underrepresented in tech and under encouraged to become interested)

Why is computing important?

What Is Coding

As part of the new computing curriculum, coding will be taught in primary and secondary schools across England to children between the ages of five and 15.

A new study from Ocado Technology has revealed that two-thirds of parents with primary school children are oblivious to the new computing curriculum.

Coding, in the simplest of terms, is telling a computer what you want it to do, which involves typing in step-by-step commands for the computer to follow.

Computers are not clever things, however, they are very obedient. They will do exactly what you want them to do, so long as you tell them how to do it correctly.

Learning to code has been likened to learning a foreign language, or perhaps more specifically a family of foreign languages.

Over the next 10 years, it is estimated that there will be 1.4 million jobs in computer sciences and only around 400,000 graduates qualified to do them.

Java is a programming language used by professional developers in everything from games (like Minecraft itself!) to financial software to Android apps. It’s also taught in university computer science courses around the world.

By learning a real programming language like Java, coders are learning skills directly applicable to industry. Skills they can take with them far beyond Minecraft. Java will also teach them all the fundamentals of computational thinking. Once they’ve understood the principles behind programming, it’s much easier to continue on to other programming languages.

Testing Code Kingdoms the Online learning platform

My son is a huge Minecraft fan and was very happy to have the chance to Learn how to code using Minecraft.

He was very excited to learn coding as it will enable him to build games within the game and he can share his achievements with his friends and he also found it very easy as the Minecraft server was already set up so no hassle there!

He liked how he could learn through interactive videos designed by teachers. showing  you exactly how to create your own game modes and create amazing mods quickly.

I like the idea the support is staffed every day of the week by professional Computer Scientists and teachers.

Overall, we were very impressed with this and would definitely recommend this for your children aged 8+ as it will help them not only when gaming on Minecraft but also in Computer Science at school too!