Using Minecraft as a Virtual Reality tool in the Classroom
VR in the Classroom
Hello educators. Are you searching for a resource to help explain the application of Minecraft education as a Virtual Reality tool? Then you have come to the right place. This site is made by an educator, myself, for educators interested in utilizing Minecraft as a virtual reality instrument to represent content in real-world situations. I have spent the last ten years teaching middle school and have implemented Minecraft to represent content that can be taken as a formative grade whether the student is or is not familiar with the program.
On this site, I have created two online learning courses, or Leaning Paths, for any educator, administrator, or parent who would like to know how to create standards-based lessons for Minecraft education lessons that can be applied to any grade level k-12. The methods I teach require time; learning the Minecraft Education program and other third-party programs is needed to make the creation process more efficient.
The feedback from students and other teachers has been overwhelmingly positive. Even if you have no idea how to operate Minecraft Education, please check out my pre-made lessons on Microsoft Learn.
Learning and Resource Center
– Learning Path –
How to Make a Simulation
This Learning Path explains the various tools, resources, and frameworks needed to create a simulation of content in Minecraft Education.
– Learning Path –
Building Challenge
This Learning Path lays out how to create a building challenge. Start with Fun building challenges to become comfortable with students working on the building process, then move on to the assigned challenges.
– Building Plates –
Looking for a building plates that multipule classes and use? Click below to see if these are what you are looking for.
Blog-Current Happenings
Unit Rate Grocery Store Simulation
Learning Target: Students will apply unit rate in a real-world situationTask: Students will find and compare the unit rate prices between three different stores.Lesson Setting: Students take the role of a shopper, determining which price is the cheapest.Materials:...
Combining like terms
This Minecraft build session involved handing out a task card for students to work on and turn in to demonstrate their understanding of combining like terms.
8th grade Transformations
This lesson involved students identifying various transformations and applying transformations to various situations in a virtual environment.
Hotel Architectural Design: 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Minecraft Building lesson
This was my first building assignment to be graded. Students were placed in groups tasked with building a hotel. The final product turned out great, and was 100% gradable. All grades worked in the same world, taking in-game group photos and attaching the picture over each entryway.
7th grade: Deep Space Food Cultivation Initiative with Surface area of Composite Shapes
Students have been hired to take on the issue of food cultivation during deep space travel.