Microsoft #MakeCode brings computer science to life with fun projects for learners of all levels! All things MakeCode here: linktr.ee/Makecode
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Help us celebrate a decade of Making & Coding! 🎂MakeCode turns 10 this month! THANK YOU to our community of students, educators & partners! @microbit_edu @PlayCraftLearn Post your birthday wish here - kudoboard.com/boards/KxJ5V6C… and read more here - makecode.com/blog/10th-anniv…
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MakeCode Arcade August update is live!! 🎉 Check out all the new features including a new default theme, accessible block coding support, fun new retro game tracks 🎶, and more! Check out the full release notes at makecode.com/blog/arcade/upd… and try it out - arcade.makecode.com/
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We are so proud to announce 📣 the release of Accessible Blocks with the MakeCode for the micro:bit 2026 update!!! 🎉 Learn more at makecode.com/blog/microbit/2… Huge thanks to our partners: @microbit_edu and Blockly Team at @Raspberry_Pi !
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Register for a free MakeCode webinar or sign up for an online curriculum workshop this 🌞summer! 👉 Explore sessions & register at makecode.com/blog/csp/summer…
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CS Education Week is coming up! The theme this year is AI, so we just released some fun new activities you can do for "Hour of AI" this year. Check them out at makecode.com/blog/csed-week/…
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The MakeCode 2025 update for ⛏️Minecraft Education is out!!! Check out all the new features here: makecode.com/blog/minecraft/… including the spawn🥚egg update!! @PlayCraftLearn
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Announcing the 11th official MakeCode Arcade Game Jam! The theme this time is "Heist Jam" 🥷 arcade.makecode.com/gamejam/…
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The MakeCode for micro:bit 2025 update has just been released! Big focus on accessibility with keyboard navigation capabilities for block-based coding. Check out all the new features here: makecode.com/blog/microbit/2…
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Learn to code with the Smurfs! Code your own Smurfs Arcade game and go see @Smurfsmovie, only in theatres July 18! aka.ms/arcadesmurfs
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🕵 Did you miss the TOP SECRET content we just shared at ArcadeCon?
Subscribe to our Educator YouTube channel at
piped.video/@MSMakeCode
to see the recordings once they hit the playlist
#ArcadeCon2025 #CSEd
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Bill and Sara from @codeninjas are sharing their favorite ways to use MakeCode extensions: LIVE now at ArcadeCon
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Alex is talking about creating classroom GameShows in Arcade. Come onnnnnnn down!
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Arcade-Con is happening now!
Watch live at
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Microsoft MakeCode's Arcade-Con is THIS WEDNESDAY, April 23!
Don't foget to sign-up in advance to get reminders and recieve a link with all of the goodies that we have planned for educators.
Oh...and did we mention that it's free?!?
aka.ms/ArcadeCon
#ArcadeCon2025
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Do you have questions for Sarah?
Reply to this post with your burning questions about being an engineer for MakeCode and we may pick yours to show live at Arcade-Con next week! (4/23/25)
Register for free at aka.ms/arcadeCon
#ArcadeCon2025 #MakeCodeArcade
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Calling all educators! Registration is open for the 1st Annual MakeCode Arcade-Con! 🎉
Join us 4/23/25 for a FREE virtual event packed w/ strategies to integrate coding & game design into curriculum.
aka.ms/ArcadeCon
#EdTech #STEMEducation @MicrosoftEDU
@MS_eduIRL
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🍎Free Summer PD for teachers! 📝
Are you looking for a FUN and EXCITING summer professional learning session?
MakeCode has joined Infosys Pathfinders to bring educators a week of Arcade training at no cost to them!
Click the link to find out more 👇
pathfinders.onwingspan.com/w…
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The MakeCode ✅Code Evaluation tool 🔧for the micro:bit is now in Beta! This tool will hopefully make evaluating and giving feedback on student projects much faster. Please try it out, and let us know what you think. Blog: makecode.com/blog/tools/code…, Video: piped.video/watch?v=7pA2EbG4…
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Coding can introduce you to new emotions...get ready to meet four more!
Try our newest Arcade tutorial featuring characters from Disney & Pixar’s #InsideOut2, arriving only in theaters June 14!
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Arcade game as a wedding invitation?! This is AWESOME!!! "The Best Wedding Invites Are Handheld Video Game Consoles" - Hackster.io @adafruit
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Did you know that Microsoft Philanthropies offers a free monthly newsletter for CS educators and advocates? Sign up here: aka.ms/cs-newsletter
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Sign up for a free micro:bit webinar series! Join us as we dive into the Intro CS Making & Coding with the micro:bit curriculum. Register at - aka.ms/makecodepd
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In honor of #WomenHistoryMonth, we are excited to partner with @GirlsWhoCode and @codeninjas on a 🌸 Female Game Changers 🌸 Game Jam! In the month of March, code a MakeCode Arcade game to celebrate women who have made an impact in your life - aka.ms/gameJam
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This is a really fun Data Science project with the @microbit_edu where students will crowdsource data about local playgrounds for the UK Office for National Statistics.
Primary teachers! We have just launched today the BBC micro:bit playground survey. There are seven fun cross curricular activities to choose from and all free!
In partnership with @microbit_edu,
@Nominet and @ONS
#BBCmicrobit
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We are so excited to partner with #MakeyMakey and @microbit_edu to enable even more creative, physical computing possibilities for students!!
New #MakeyMakey product available! Introducing the new #CodeaKey backpack that combines the power of #micro:bit with #MakeyMakey !
makeymakey.com/codeakey
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❄️Need one more activity for the classroom before kids head out on break?❄️
Try this FREE Snow Globe greeting card tutorial from MakeCode Arcade!
aka.ms/snowglobe
#kidscancode #CSK8 #CSEdWeek #HappyHolidays
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Want something quick & fun to do with students before Thanksgiving?
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Try our new JUNIOR coding tutorial!
All the things you love about the Turkey Day game, with simplified coding.
Give it a try...then play on tablet, laptop, or Xbox!
aka.ms/turkey-jr
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MakeCode Arcade games 🕹️on a micro:bit? YES!!! makecode.com/blog/arcade/arc… @microbit_edu
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The MakeCode Minecraft 2023 Release is out! 🎉 We've got a bunch of cool new extensions in this release to help code with 🎵Music, 🎢Roller Coasters, 🪐Space, and🐄Mob behaviors. @PlayCraftLearn Read about it here: makecode.com/blog/minecraft/…
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NEW!!! You can now play your own Microsoft MakeCode Arcade game creations on @Xbox!! 🎮
Download the app today!
xbox.com/en-US/games/store/m…
#kidscancode #CSK8 #Xbox #csed
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Join us on 11/9/23 as we prep for #CSEdWeek2023 with Microsoft TEALS. Sign-up for a session focused on crafting the perfect CS Ed Week celebration.
Register to secure your spot today.
1pm PT | 4pm ET
aka.ms/TeacherSkillsCSEdWeek…
4pm PT | 7pm ET
aka.ms/TeacherSkillsCSEdWeek…
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We are so proud to be partnering with @microbit_edu on the Next Gen Project - providing micro:bits to every primary school in the UK! **Amazing!** Made possible by @Nominet and @BBC_Teach. Head over to bbc.co.uk/microbit to learn more.
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We're headed your way, New York!
Come join us virtually and learn how to use Code a Carnival in your classroom.
Thursday, 9/8 from 5-6pm EDT
#CSforNY #CSisFun #MakeCodeArcade
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Want to try the most-popular summer MakeCode Arcade tutorial of all time?!?
Code an online multiplayer game starring Leo, Raph, Mikey, and Donnie from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Only in theatres August 2. #TMNTMovie
aka.ms/pizzaparty
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Announcing the July 2023 MakeCode Arcade Game Jam!!! The theme is 🦕"Prehistoric" 🦖, so brush up on your paleontology and coding skills this summer! arcade.makecode.com/gamejam/…
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We are very excited to be partnering with @microbit_edu, @BBC_Teach and @Nominet on this initiative to provide every primary school in the UK with micro:bits, opening up a world of creativity and computing! @MSEducationUK Learn more: bbc.co.uk/teach/microbit
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Woo-hoo!!! More Making 🙌 & Coding 🖥️ for students in the UK!
⚡️BREAKING⚡️
#BBCmicrobit the next gen: a new partnership between the foundation, @BBC_Teach & @Nominet to inspire primary children to get more confident with technology & digital skills through the donation of 30 micro:bits to every UK primary school🎉
🔗 microbit.org/news/2023-05-15…
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V2 blocks are clearly marked inside the subcategory of toolbox. If v2 block is dragged on the workspace, simulator also shows v2 at right bottom corner.
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Join us in celebrating the release of Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, now in theaters!
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Head over to zune.net to try your hand at creating your own music player inspired by the original #Zune, as seen in #GotGVol3!
aka.ms/zunePrototype
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Guess what arrives tomorrow?
#MSMakeCodeGalaxy and #GotGVol3!
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Help the Azure Space program get satellites back online with our new “Galaxy” tutorial, inspired by Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, only in theaters May 5.
aka.ms/galaxy
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Attention #teachers! 📢 Are you looking for an innovative way to engage your students in coding? Check out the new MakeCode Arcade extension in VSCode! #VSCodeDay2023 piped.video/watch?v=ePIAkcZb…
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves releases to theatres tomorrow!
Prepare with our tutorial inspired by the movie: aka.ms/honor
@DnDMovie #DnDMovie
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Teaching the @CollegeBoard @APforStudents CS Principles course next year with MakeCode? Sign up for free, online Professional Development workshops this summer: makecode.com/csp
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Building MakeCode Arcade 🕹️ games in JavaScript? Now you can take your games to the next level with Visual Studio @code! makecode.com/blog/arcade/vsc…
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Attending #CSK5? Come to the Microsoft MakeCode breakout! We'll give an overview of the MakeCode portfolio, including micro:bit, Arcade, and Minecraft.
For K-5 admin, educators, & advocates.
→ March 30 @ 12-2pm Eastern ←
🔗Register today - bit.ly/CSK523
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Hear from Justice Smith who plays Simon in the movie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
as he talks about creativity in coding on behalf of Microsoft MakeCode.
aka.ms/honor
@DnDMovie #DnDMovie
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Attending #SIGCSE2023? Come join us for some Making and Coding at the MakeCode Playground! Hands-on coding with Minecraft @PlayCraftLearn, @microbit_edu, and Arcade (no previous experience required). Food & beverages provided! Friday March 17th 7pm Room 714. @SIGCSE_TS
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Attending #SIGCSE2023? Come join us to build a 🍀St. Patty's Day game and learn about the MakeCode AP CSP course and the @TEALSProgram. Broadening engagement in CS through Games and Physical Computing - Friday March 17th 10:45am Room 703. @SIGCSE_TS
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Our Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves coding tutorial is officially live!
Begin your adventure here: msft.it/60145vHus
And prepare to see the movie, only in theatres March 31.
@DnDMovie #DnDMovie
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Any Dungeons & Dragons fans out there? 👀
Stay tuned for a special announcement on Monday! 🚨
#DnDMovie
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Enter the Atlanta Hawks x Microsoft Coded Dunk Challenge for your chance to win super cool Hawks prizes! @ATLHawks
microsofthawksdunk.com/
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MakeCode Arcade now has MULTIPLAYER🤼🎮
With our 2023 update, you can create games and play them against your friends!
This update also includes:
🎨 Color Palette
🎼 Play Song Block
🕹️ Kiosk Mode
✅ Code Validation
And more! Read all about it here: makecode.com/blog/arcade/upd…
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MakeCode Help Desk is back! 🧑🏻🏫
Need help with a project? Have a question for the MakeCode development team? Tune into Help Desk!
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join!
Link to the live stream here: twitch.tv/msmakecode
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Get in the spirit this holiday season and create your own bow battle! 🎁
Get started here: aka.ms/hbb
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Happy #CSEdWeek! This #HourOfCode, create your own carnival-themed games with MakeCode Arcade:
🔨Whack-a-Mole
🎈Burstin' Balloons
🎯Target Blaster
Then make multiplayer versions of these games and put your gaming skills to the test!
Get started here: aka.ms/hoc22
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Code Ninjas invites all students ages 5-14 to join their free week-long Carnival of Code featuring the MakeCode Arcade #HourofCode activities.
Each day of the week has a fun theme so come dressed up! 🥷
Find your local Code Ninjas and reserve your spot: codeninjas.com/csedweek
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Happy almost #CSEdWeek!
Our carnival themed #HourOfCode activities are accompanied by a free teacher resource guide complete with:
📚️Lesson plans
🧑🏫PowerPoint Slides
🎓️Standards Alignment
💡Getting started guide
Find the guide here: aka.ms/hoc2022
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