The Minecraft Challenge

May 1, 2014

Your Challenge

Follow the blue line

Read the prompts

Leave nobody behind--work with your team

Think about...

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Your Questions

What is Minecraft about?

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What did you learn in this tutorial/challenge?

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What strategies can we use to work together?

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Logistics:

Log onto Library (wait for teachers to input pw)

Click on the Finder

Click on Applications

Double click on Minecraft Edu

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172.16.200.134

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What is Minecraft about?

Having fun

Exploring

Imagination

You don’t know what will pop up

Dangers

Natural beauty

Problem Solving

the unexpected

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What did you learn in the tutorial?

Dig, move, find items, build,

Ww & hold W to go fast

Hit “T” to talk to each other

Space=jump

To place=double click keypad

hold keypad with one finger to dig

+ = your line of site, keep eye on the middle & ground/horizon

What strategies can you use to work as a team? How can we help each other?

Let people without experience go ahead--follow them

Model for others

Stick together/look for teammates

Let teammates struggle/do things on their own

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How is this educational?

Crafting requires math

Spatial reasoning

How many blocks to build

# of resources to create a tool

Teaches you survival

Fun while working

Problem solving