At my school, we have clubs every Friday from 9:15 to 9:50. This year, I ran a Minecraft Building Club. The goal was to give the students specific building tasks with a time limit, usually 2 to 3 weeks. Starting in November, I did a large Big City Build challenge,...
This build was the Arena Build. Students were to build an Arena for PvP. Something students had been asking for since the start of the school year. The first three weeks, students were really into it. Then one week, a student discovered they could use a dispenser to...
I did this just before the Winter break started. I was super excited and spent far more time than I should have to prep. However, It paid off. Students enjoyed it, and so did I. The number one takeaway from this building session was when asked for feedback one of the...
Building with intentiality I wanted to shift the focus from building big to building small with attention to detail for this build. I set out to accomplish this by changing the building objectives from building a big tech building to building a small town square. In a...
For our final club meeting before the thanksgiving break in Minecraft Club, Students judged and graded each other’s build. The ranking was entered on Microsoft forms surveys during the club meeting. I have never utilized Forms and Minecraft to this extent, so...
