2. What has worked!
• Discovery and Ideation
– Came up with a cool project: “How might we spark interest in STEAM and have them continue
to build upon it through Minecraft”
– Seemed to have fun with this process
• MVP
– Some good interviews were conducted, which helped us fine tune our project spec
• Getting started with Java
– Online resources have been useful in setting up the IDE
• Self-guided curriculum
– Students responded well to line by line explanation video
• Project milestones
– Created ores, items, recipes
– You guys created an awesome forum!
3. Challenges we faced
• Learning Java
– Mr. Crayfish was good, but he doesn’t explain the code
– Udemy not effective
– “Learning to build a mod, but not necessarily learning Java”
– More of “cutting and pasting” rather than learning what the code is doing
– No single source of information to help guide the project. We need to piece things together
like a puzzle, which is problematic
• Organization
– Haven’t tried to compile code together yet
• Inquiry-Based Learning
– Hasn’t worked out.
• Communication
– Blogging has slowed. Last post – July 7th. The world should be able to see the status of the
project.
4. Moving forward
• Set attainable goal: We want our user to be able to put a robot together. The robot itself will
not move (that will be later)
• Focus on finishing the project – learning Java will be a fruit of the work
• Mr. Li will be joining the team – also putting in 10 hrs of coding
• We will split up responsibilities
• Frequent status updates – Everyone to post updates on the blog at least once every 72 hrs.
• Use Mr. Crayfish’s base-code: Everyone should have basic code that implements items and
blocks
5. A mod that allows the user to build a robot – it doesn’t have to move
Development
Items
Battery
Gear
Steel Rods
DC Motor
Servo Motor
Wires
Blocks
Ores (Copper,
Aluminum, Plastic)
Robot legs (left and
right)
Robot arm/chest
Robot head
Workbenches
Special furnace that
allows you to put
multiple metals in it
Special crafting table
that allows for more
complex recipes
Misc
Maintain the code –
rev1, rev2, etc.
Package mod for final
release it
Package open-source
code and post it
Communications
Update forum
