Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom

 
Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom
Anthony McDonald
A New Scheme Teacher looking to explore new classroom techniques
Introducing Minecraft to curious educators and guiding them through the initial stages of planned integration into pedagogy.
Target Audience
This product is for all teachers in all disciplines
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Learning Areas

Teaching Standards

  • 2.6.2 Proficient Level - Informa...

    Use effective teaching strategies to integrate ICT into learning and teaching programs to make selected content relevant and meaningful. (All States:National Standard 2.6 – Proficient Level {NSW uses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers code – 2.6.2})
  • 3.4.2 Proficient Level - Select ...

    Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning. (All States:National Standard 3.4 – Proficient Level {NSW uses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers code -3.4.2})
  • 4.5.2 Proficient Level - Use ICT...

    Incorporate strategies to promote the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching. (All States:National Standard 4.5 – Proficient Level {NSW uses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers code -4.5.2})
  • 6.3.2 Proficient Level - Engage ...

    Contribute to collegial discussions and apply constructive feedback from colleagues to improve professional knowledge and practice. (All States:National Standard 6.3 – Proficient Level {NSW uses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers code -6.3.2})

General Description

This course has been designed to introduce you to Minecraft and the various ways in which it can be implemented into an educational space. Expert educational guidance is given to help you with your conceptual ideas on builds which deal with different subject matter as well as guidance towards you exploring and developing your own diversified resources.

Audience

This product is for all teachers in all disciplines

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Format Description

24/7 course access


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Teaching Standards

2.6.2 Proficient Level – Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
3.4.2 Proficient Level – Select and use resources
4.5.2 Proficient Level – Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically
6.3.2 Proficient Level – Engage with colleagues and improve practice

Are you in NSW? If so, this is relevant for you

Completing Beginner’s Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom before 31 July 2021 under NESA’s interim arrangements will contribute 6 hours and 0 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and assessment of NSW curriculum addressing standard descriptors 2.6.2, 3.4.2, 4.5.2, 6.3.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.


This course contributes to 6.0 professional development hours.

Occurrences

There are no occurrences of 2. Online in Australia (ACT) at this time.

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Sessions

Module 1 - What is Minecraft?

1 hour

- This module is designed to acquaint educators with what Minecraft actually is, its history and the various versions that they have access to.
- Participants will be asked to share their current experiences with Minecraft and how they came to be aware of the software.

Module 2 - How do I 'play' Minecraft?

1 hour

- Participants are given a range of activities that will guide them through the functions of the game and allow them to begin building Minecraft construction skills
- Participants will be tasked with completing a number of set activities in order to help develop their skills within the game

Module 3 - Getting those skills

1 hour

- Participants will be provided examples of support software that can be used to help facilitate the use of Minecraft in a classroom including presentation software and online support
- Participants will be tasked with filming/creating a tutorial for their students explaining an aspect of the game

Module 4 - Planning your first classroom experience

2 hours

- Participants will explore the use of Minecraft as a tool in the classroom and how to facilitate its use with students
- Participants will be tasked with the creation of a lesson plan/s that involve the integration and utilisation of Minecraft

Module 5 - Where to next?

1 hour

- Participants are exposed to areas of further exploration through Minecraft
- Participants will be asked to choose from a set number of tasks that will require them to explore the use of Minecraft through further, diverse means

User Rating

4.4

Latest Reviews

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Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
08/10/2020

THis has been very relevant to me at this stage of our developing Minecraft in our school. The quality was good, although as a beginners course there could be a little more explicit instruction that would be helpful.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
08/10/2020

Great intro! and beginnings to a long line of resources

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
27/04/2020

great corse

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
27/04/2020

The course content was very relevant to what I was looking for – I really enjoyed Module 2 – as I have never played Minecraft before I did not understand the addiction, however now I do.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
18/04/2020

Very interesting

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
18/04/2020

I found the quality of the content quite good

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
18/04/2020

I feel I could have done better following someone on youtube for tutorials. I did refer to youtube on the advice of my mid-twenty year old children.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
18/04/2020

Highly relevant and of excellent quality,

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
11/03/2020

It was good to familiarise myself with the program, not all the links worked though

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
11/03/2020

The explanation is really well. I understand the concept well. But due to the fact that Minecraft is taking a lot of time to set up, and resource that are hard to find. It is hard to demonstrate within class for a short time.

I will also look forward to see and build world during holiday time.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
11/03/2020

Highly relevant and of excellent quality,

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
11/03/2020

This course was exception. It gave us the basics of minecraft and was a beneficial platform to launch the game in my classroom.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
03/12/2019

Relevant. I would like more info on integrating into steAm

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom - Anthony McDonald
03/12/2019

Quality and content was very useful. Easy to understand

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom! - Anthony McDonald
22/12/2018

Wonderful

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom! - Anthony McDonald
22/12/2018

I found this course to be a great intro to using Minecraft across a range of KLA’s. Quality was appropriate and relevance spot on, despite some concern from Executive.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom! - Anthony McDonald
22/12/2018

This was a great start on what is Minecraft and the beginnings on how to plan lessons.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom! - Anthony McDonald
22/12/2018

very relevant

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom! - Anthony McDonald
22/12/2018

Content was very relevant as I am just a beginner and we are starting to introduce it as a learning tool in our school.

Beginner's Guide to Minecraft in the Classroom! - Anthony McDonald
22/12/2018

A fantastic course for beginner’s to learn about Minecraft and its application in the classroom


About the team


Anthony McDonald

Creator

I have been a High School teacher for the last 10 years, specialising in English and HSIE as well as integrating computers and technology into the classroom in new and innovative ways. I am interested in utilising new knowledge and techniques that maximise student engagement and expands student skills for an ever growing and complex world.