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A snapshot of how I use minecraft in my classroom. This presentation contains footage and a video of students using minecraft
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Minecraft in the classroom
- @ncallaghan1 http://Noelenecallaghan.webs.com noelene.callaghan1 @det.nsw.edu.au Noelene Callaghan Rooty Hill High School Sydney, Australia
- • 5 MIE (STEM) Educators met in Microsoft Sydney – Teachers are from New South Wales, South Australia, New Zealand • Aim: – To create a Transformation Project • Transformation Project Objective: – To create a learning environment where students from Australia and New Zealand could collaborate and learn 21st Century learning skills
- Resources
- Students from geographically remote schools collaborate and construct technical creations in Minecraft as a learning platform www.mineclass.org
- • How to collaborate and communicate on web based projects with global colleagues • How to self-direct their learning in a games- based environment • How to employ computational thinking to build functioning machines in Minecraft
- • Students plan, design and collaboratively create structures and functioning machines in Minecraft. • Students learn how to communicate and collaborate effectively in web based projects. • Students have real global audiences for their creations. • Students run virtual excursions for other schools in their Minecraft world creations.
- Objectives achieved by setting challenges based on ability levels
- • Identified students have control over the levels of other players • Ability to upload and install mods • Code using Python, Scratch & more
- Australia • Rooty Hill High School, NSW • St Columba Anglican School, NSW • Seymour College, South Australia New Zealand • Hale School • Te Arora College
- The Team
- Our Blog - http://callaghan-minecraft.blogspot.com.au/
- • https://sites.google.com/site/minecraftrhhs/ • Minecraft 4 Me is an initiative by Rooty Hill High School as part of our ICT4Me BYOD program. • Introducing gaming has enabled us to provide more opportunities for students in attempting and developing specialised ICT skills.
- • Minecraft 4 Me is targeted at students of diverse backgrounds, academic and technical ability levels.
- • Each member bring unique experiences and lessons to the team enabling in the team to be able to continuously collaborate to enhance the benefits of the game.
- • All members of Minecraft 4 Me are currently accessing Minecraft daily and Skype at least 2 nights a week. • This is a student led program and the role of the educator in Minecraft 4 Me is to facilitate and assist students (and teachers) as needed • Minecraft is PART of the experience. Students must use other tools to support their learning
- Whole school initiative
- • Transition into curriculum
- • Supports Cross KLA programs • Used in – Technology, – TAS (Technical and Applied Sciences), – Science, – HSIE (Human Society and Its Environment)
- • To expand digital curriculum to include gaming • To include Minecraft in all KLA’s • To expose students in our local area to use gaming as an extra curricular activity • To keep having fun!
- noelene.callaghan1 @det.nsw.edu.au Noelene Callaghan Rooty Hill High School Sydney, Australia @ncallaghan1 http://Noelenecallaghan.webs.com