![]() It’s in the full version of Minecraft: Education Edition: previous contributions from the Minecraft team to the Hour of Code have focused on a browser only version in 2D ( see them here), whereas this uses all the goodness of M:EE and the inbuilt Code Editor.It’s self paced: students can work through it in a heavily scaffolded world with clear, easy to comprehend and follow instructions.There are a few key things in this Hour of Code that are especially valuable for educators: If you’re interested, it took me around 20 minutes to complete the ‘required’ elements of the lesson, but there are more extension activities inside the lesson that get students thinking deeper around coding. ![]() Here’s an intro video to the new Hour of Code lesson inside of Minecraft: Education Edition:Ĭurrently, I’m working through a large amount of internal professional development focused on topics such as Azure Cloud Services, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365, so in the spirit of being a “life long learner” I completed the Hour of Code activities too: The Hour of Code runs between December 9th and 15th and you can register here to officially participate. With a highly relevant topic focused on using AI technology to fight forest fires, students need to use coding across a series of tasks to train a bot that can first recognise fire-risk shrubbery and then deploy the bot to save a village in a fire-risk zone before an impending lightening storm strikes. As the academic year starts to wind up for many schools, teachers are often looking for engaging activities to motivate tiring students who have an eye on the summer break, whilst still delivering robust learning outcomes.Įnter the newly revamped Hour of Code inside of Minecraft: Education Edition.
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