Toolkit - Minecraft: Education Edition

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 Thanks to Louise from Papakura Central who hosted this. It was good to have breakout rooms, polls and jam boards used in this toolkit too.

Slides

(There is another toolkit also available that Louise has done on Minecraft - Education Edition (M:EE).)

We were encouraged to take some time to just get in there and have a play, cos apparently it's fun and you can't break it. 

Keep in mind when using with our students, we'll be teaching to the experts - so they will be doing much teaching, talking, sharing etc. Minecraft is a great fit with learn, create, share.

From the Minecraft EE site you can join communities and the Minecraft Teacher Academy which offers training and badges! You can work towards becoming a Minecraft Certified Teacher.

Louise recommends having a mouse as it is harder with a track pad apparently.

This jamboard from the toolkit shows learning topics/contexts and possible Minecraft tasks that could support learning.

There are also pre 'built'?? lessons and worlds to explore on the M:EE site. Apparently a great first step would be to explore Ngā Motu. But I've got no idea how to get from that page into Minecraft so will have to ask my kids - so that's my next step - get past the log in screen 🥳, go me. 

I had a bit of an issue logging on to Minecraft. In theory, you should be able to download it (from the site) then log in with your school email (google) and that password. If that doesn't work, Fusion should be able to assist.

I'm sure many of our students would love learning, creating and sharing in this space, and I bet we've got many experts too who would love the chance to share what they know.

Comments

  1. Michelle4 November 2021 at 18:50

    It’s important to have a next step. Even if that next step is get passed the login page 😂. I’ve always loved the concept of bringing mine craft into the education space but have never been patient enough to learn it - it would be cool to make a start even if that beginning is a club of interested students who could teach us.

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  2. Alida5 November 2021 at 14:01

    I've missed a part of the session and will go through the slides, but was interested in the Educational Minecraft. I heard Louise saying it is quite addictive, immediately my thoughts are, oh no, how will we get students off it. But perhaps my thinking is wrong. It should rather be, how can this tool that engages my students be of help. I want to explore this .Perhaps we can do it together?

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