A snapshot of how I use minecraft in my classroom. This presentation contains footage and a video of students using minecraft

1. @ncallaghan1
http://Noelenecallaghan.webs.com
noelene.callaghan1
@det.nsw.edu.au
Noelene Callaghan
Rooty Hill High School
Sydney, Australia

6. • 5 MIE (STEM) Educators met in Microsoft Sydney
– Teachers are from New South Wales, South Australia,
New Zealand
• Aim:
– To create a Transformation Project
• Transformation Project Objective:
– To create a learning environment where students from
Australia and New Zealand could collaborate and learn
21st Century learning skills

7. Resources

8. Students from geographically remote schools
collaborate and construct technical creations in
Minecraft as a learning platform
www.mineclass.org

9. • How to collaborate and communicate on web
based projects with global colleagues
• How to self-direct their learning in a games-
based environment
• How to employ computational thinking to
build functioning machines in Minecraft

10. • Students plan, design and collaboratively create
structures and functioning machines in Minecraft.
• Students learn how to communicate and collaborate
effectively in web based projects.
• Students have real global audiences for their creations.
• Students run virtual excursions for
other schools in their Minecraft world
creations.

11. Objectives achieved
by setting
challenges based on
ability levels

12. • Identified students have control over the
levels of other players
• Ability to upload and install mods
• Code using Python, Scratch & more

13. Australia
• Rooty Hill High School, NSW
• St Columba Anglican School, NSW
• Seymour College, South Australia
New Zealand
• Hale School
• Te Arora College

15. The Team

16. Our Blog - http://callaghan-minecraft.blogspot.com.au/

17. • https://sites.google.com/site/minecraftrhhs/
• Minecraft 4 Me is an initiative by Rooty Hill High
School as part of our ICT4Me BYOD program.
• Introducing gaming has enabled us to provide more
opportunities for students in attempting and
developing specialised ICT skills.

18. • Minecraft 4 Me is targeted at
students of diverse
backgrounds, academic and
technical ability levels.

19. • Each member bring unique experiences and lessons
to the team enabling in the team to be able to
continuously collaborate to enhance the benefits of
the game.

20. • All members of Minecraft 4 Me are currently accessing
Minecraft daily and Skype at least 2 nights a week.
• This is a student led program and the role of the
educator in Minecraft 4 Me is to facilitate and assist
students (and teachers) as needed
• Minecraft is PART of the experience. Students must use
other tools to support their learning

21. Whole
school
initiative

22. • Transition into curriculum

23. • Supports Cross KLA programs
• Used in
– Technology,
– TAS (Technical and Applied Sciences),
– Science,
– HSIE (Human Society and Its Environment)

24. • To expand digital curriculum to include gaming
• To include Minecraft in all KLA’s
• To expose students in our local area to use
gaming as an extra curricular activity
• To keep having fun!

26. noelene.callaghan1
@det.nsw.edu.au
Noelene Callaghan
Rooty Hill High School
Sydney, Australia
@ncallaghan1
http://Noelenecallaghan.webs.com