In case you don’t receive the email with the link to the Teams Meet– here it is!!  Looking forward to seeing you all there!  Click here for Minecrafting!

Vancouver Island/SD79 – Minecraft for Beginners

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.

Duration: 90 minutes

In this virtual workshop, (link to the Teams Meet will be emailed to you) participants are introduced to the basics of Minecraft: Education Edition and start exploring the in-game features to understand and experience game settings, movement, placing and breaking blocks prior to using Minecraft: Education Edition with their students.

Please ensure to have Minecraft Education Edition Downloaded on your device:

Download Minecraft Education Edition here: https://education.minecraft.net/get-started/download

Minecraft Learn to Play: Placing First Blocks:  https://education.microsoft.com/en-us/course/802465e1/overview

Essential Question:

How do I get started learning to use and understand Minecraft: Education Edition?

Online Hands-On Workshop 

• Introduction of Logics Academy
• Introduction of Minecraft Education Edition – Why Use Minecraft?
• Placing Your First Blocks: Learn Minecraft controls, settings, and complete a tutorial to gain fluency with the game.
• Minecraft Education Resources
• Questions & Wrap Up: Survey

Overview / Learning Objectives

• Participants will gain a hands-on experience with Minecraft. Participants learn how to use Minecraft worlds, controls, and settings to create an optimal setting for teaching students.
• Learn to launch and log in, understand the settings
• Play the game: move around, place and destroy blocks
• Complete individual build challenge