When I first mentioned to my Intermediate Phase classes that our new A3 Microsoft license provides every student with access to Minecraft Education Edition, there was such excitement in the air!
What is MinecraftEdu?
Minecraft education edition is a game- based learning platform that can be used in all subjects to encourage the 21st skills of creativity collaboration, critical thinking and communication. Students really enjoy using this program when it is combined with the curriculum.
Getting started with Minecraft
Teachers often feel – how can I use this platform and how do I get started? I felt like that and was encouraged by the YouTube video about Katja Borregaard, an educator at Skt Josefs Skole in Roskilde, Denmark. She claimed one doesn’t have to be a gamer or an expert in Minecraft: Education Edition in order to get started. She took the plunge and got started for the sake of her learners, and she has never looked back.
I started with Grade 7 and Grade 6 in Coding lessons. I was fortunate in that my students are already very knowledgeable about Minecraft – so they were able to teach me! We started with the Hour of Code Minecraft Education Edition activities. found on the Minecraft platform. In these activities, the he students have to solve quests using coding. Here are some of our photos.
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This is game-based learning! We are all learning such a lot! As we go along I will post more posts showing how we are using MinecraftEdu in our lessons.
