Youth Digital Mod Design 1 - Online Course for MAC/PC

I bought this for my 8 year old grandson. He loves Minecraft and all things computer related. I thought this might help him learn to do something more useful than playing games. It is wonderful! My son and grandson work together on this and he is really learning to code using Java. It is not an easy program to use, but they have wonderul support available. I would recommend this for older children also, my 8 yo is probably the exception in his ability to master the concepts (no, that is not just proud grandma talk - this kid is AMAZING with computers and games). Overall, well worth the money and I plan to buy more of their products.

My 6 and 8 year olds are pair programming with this and loving it. Im picking up some Eclipse and JAVA along the way too.

I bought this for my minecraft-crazed 9-year old son and he is loving the program!! I’m so impressed with it and recommended it to several members of my family for nieces and nephews. I work with Java Engineers who use Eclipse and I was telling my son how cool it is that he’s using PROFESSIONAL LEVEL software and code!!! He’s taking his time going through the program, a few bits and pieces a day - but he’s really enjoying being able to create his own stuff in Minecraft. The teachers in the program are GREAT and make the whole thing fun and entertaining for kids. I love how they take something as complex as Java programing and literally make it childs play. This is a great program!! BRAVO!

My son, almost 8, is halfway through the Mod Design 1 course and loves it! His favorite part of each module is when he can actually see and use the things he created while in Minecraft. He loves taking screen shots to show his friends at school! He is able to do all of the work by himself but I do sit with him so I can act as a resource if he is stuck. He has learned a lot of basic computer skills as well as the programming skills by taking this course. Im very impressed with the content and the delivery and we will definitely check out other Youth Digital courses in the future!

Piece of crap!!!! Dont waste your money. I could not even begin this process! Could not get past a subscription charge of 249.00 to use my voucher code! Basically, I paid Amazon 159.00 for a box of stickers. Youth Digital has no customer service. You speak to a machine. I did receive an email once with directions that got me the same result NOTHING! PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PRODUCT.

I will re-review after my son has had a couple of months experience with this. First impression, though, is not overly positive. This course is for an old (1.6.4) version of Minecraft, and a very old (JRE 1.6) version of Java. This caused hours of confusion and problems on my sons first attempt to start the course. You need to download Eclipse (a heavyweight Java development environment), which is slow, and when he started Eclipse per the video instructions (provided by a happy/chatty guy that my son seems to like but I find insufferable) was greeted with a blizzard of errors.

Mod Design 1 is a fantastic program for mine craft enthusiasts! I recommend this to kids 8-14. My 11 year old was a bit skeptical at first because his Christmas gift was a online class, however, once he got started, he couldnt get enough! I am excited to give this review as STEM teacher-this is a must have for your brainiac! This took mine craft to a whole other level. The program is excellent and easy to follow. The instructors are only an e-mail away and are always great about personalizing their responses. Thank you Youth Digital!;)

My kids didnt care for it

I cannot praise the product enough. Let me start off by saying that I am an IT professional with a large background in programming. I will follow that statement up by saying, it didnt matter. Youth Digital has put together a fantastic package that my nine year old son is completely in love with.

this is an awesome program!