What you will learn;

SFJ Academy – Training for Teachers

Minecraft Education Edition
with Code Connection

Get Ready to Play, Craft, & Learn

Minecraft: Education Edition is an open world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem solving in an immersive environment where the only limit is your imagination. During this 1-day, in-person Teacher Academy, you will receive an overview of Minecraft: Education Edition, learn to play the game, and create curriculum and classroom resources you can take back to your classroom and continue your journey.

Game-based learning with Minecraft has taken off in schools around the globe. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center found in the Level Up Learning Report that nearly three-quarters (74%) of teachers in the U.S. reported bringing digital games into their classrooms, but most find out through colleague recommendations. The same report, found "few teachers are using learning games of the immersive variety" and these games "lend themselves to deep exploration [and] complex decision making." This class provides educators with an opportunity to learn about and experience the creativity, collaboration, and engagement Minecraft can provide for your students.

Explore the use of a Minecraft World to create a World of Learning

This class will give you a foundation on Minecraft, game-based learning, and introduce you to ideas for adapting curriculum to leverage this creative platform.

During this workshop, you will;

• Learn about Minecraft: Education Edition, its place in learning, and unique features suited for teaching & learning with immersive games.
• Become a Minecraft player. Learn the controls, crafting, and game features necessary to gain confidence and lower anxiety about game-based learning.
• Learn strategies, tips, and tricks to integrate Minecraft into your classroom. Learn what's worked for educators successfully teaching with Minecraft, along with resources you can bring back to your own classroom.
• Take a learner's role, and walk through a learning experience featuring Minecraft. Then, move through examples traversing grade span and subject area, demonstrating the global applicability of Minecraft in schools.

Also pick up valuable experience deploying and providing opportunities to teach coding with;

Code Connection for Minecraft

Open up access to programming lessons from the three built-in code creating platforms. Or add your own. All of these tools are suitable for both kids and young adults.

Tynker

Microsoft Make Code

and ScratchX

 

Be Ready

Before class; preparatory materials provided below should be obtained before class attendance to make sure you can take full advantage of the instructor led lab work.

Pre-class Requirement;

Set up Minecraft: Education Edition on your device

Watch this case study and this video on Minecraft: Education Edition

Read the New York Times Magazine article"The Minecraft Generation"

 

Get Minecraft Education Edition for your classroom today.

 

 

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1 Day Minecraft Education Edition Class

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