Minecraft School by Marc Williams

Minecraft School is an initiative that promotes Minecraft Education for Computer Science and STEM learning in school curriculums from ages 7+.

Minecraft was created by Mojang in 2009 and purchased by Microsoft in 2014. Minecraft Education was released in 2016. Minecraft is the best selling video game of all time and is played by 170 million users. It is a fun to play 3D virtual reality game for authentic, collaborative & cognitive learning STEM experiences. The official Minecraft Education site education.minecraft.net.

In 2011, I integrated Minecraft into the Alfriston College Digital Technology curriculum. By 2014, we had pioneered the use of Minecraft for the Level 1 NCEA Computer Programming assessments using a custom created curriculum, a New Zealand first. For 10 years we used Minecraft for Computer Science and Computer Programming student learning.

My website is a overview of how we used Minecraft at Alfriston College, including students videos of their Minecraft computer programming project assessments, Te Reo coding and Minecraft Gallipoli for the Auckland Museum ANZAC exhibition 2015. This website also promotes the latest Minecraft Education Code.org and AI Computer Science learning resources. Schools or teachers who are considering integrating Minecraft Education into their school curriculum should refer to my teacher advice and TENZ presentations information and join the Minecraft Education Teacher Academy.

ALFRISTON COLLEGE MINECRAFT HIGHLIGHTS

The Alfriston College videos on this site had to be reuploaded to YouTube in 2024, the view counts are not originals

MINECRAFT SKYTOWER CODING PROJECT 2019

An Alfriston College student coded project for NCEA Computer Programming assessment using JavaScript in Minecraft

5x MINECRAFT CODING PROJECTS 2019

Five Alfriston College student coded projects for NCEA Computer Programming assessment using JavaScript in Minecraft

GALLIPOLI MINECRAFT 2015

minecraft.school.nz/gallipoli

In 2013, a group of Year 9+10 Alfriston College students recreated the school in Minecraft, we put a video of it on YouTube. The Auckland War Memorial Museum saw our video and invited us to collaborate on their ANZAC Gallipoli Minecraft project. A group of students created the Gallipoli Minecraft world for the Auckland Museum World War One ANZAC Centenary exhibition in 2015.

aucklandmuseum.com/gallipoli-in-minecraft

ALFRISTON COLLEGE MINECRAFT 2013

In 2013, a group of Year 9+10 Alfriston College students recreated the school in Minecraft, this is the video of it on YouTube

Soundtrack by Johann Ward

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