Minecraft EE “The Funniest Way to Code”
06-03-2019
12:10
Hello everybody,
2. Mathematical concepts: Minecraft, which allows the construction of any desired object, can also be used as an environment where students can develop their mathematical achievements (symmetry, proportion, etc.).
- Basic life rules: With the 'Survival Mode' offered by the game, students can gain basic life rules. For example, "learning that they can obtain iron when they melt the metal they find in the mountain".
- Visualization and Reading Comprehension: Students can be provided to construct various structures or to embody them with diagrams that tell them what to do next.
Minecraft Education Edition includes two separate mods. Survival Mod and Creative Mod. In parallel with the MEB curriculum, Creative Mode is the environment we especially need in informatics classes, where you can give your achievements and use it easily in lessons. In this environment, we enter the MakeCode interface through Code Connection and write our codes and implement them through the game. In this way , we can combine and support our students' knowledge and skills in programming with their interest in Minecraft, both by using code blocks and by using the Java programming language.
Burcu YILDIRIM
TED Ankara College Foundation Private Secondary School
Head of Information Technologies and Software Course