Minecraft for Education Next we have VR VOOM Virtual reality workshop 7th July after school. This week students hosted a server for Minecraft. The goal was to find a new country and learn how to survive by creating tools, finding food and being innovative. As one students said, by blood sweat and tears! Here is some of the feedback of students who told me why they come to the club, what do they enjoyed and what the benefits are for them. I joined coding club because I was always into games and other digital stuff. I enjoy coding club because I can learn to code at my own pace and/or have fun playing minecraft with my friends. The benefits I get from coding club is spending more time with my friends, learning to code at my own pace, and getting to know new people. Why? I joined the coding club to make new friends that like coding and playing Minecraft with new people. What do you enjoy? Well, in coding, I enjoy playing Minecraft and coding and not being socially awkward. Benefits? T
Students engage in Minecraft for Education at the weekly after school coding club Students answered a short survey on the following: What inspired students to join the code club: Students said they just wanted to learn to code and make games as well as learn building and survival skills through the Minecraft for Education platform. The project students have been working on: Coding Activities like the Hour of Code Coding with Python Scratch Minecraft Grok Learning Makey Makey What have the students enjoyed the most: Students enjoyed Minecraft the most and Python coding. The students said it was important to code because: It is helpful to find a job and for future opportunities Make things like building a robot (Kiwibots) To make games Coding is everywhere so the jobs we have now may not exist in five years Next year students said they would like to continue to learn Python and Minecraft.