Minecraft: Education Edition Curriculum Instructions

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Minecraft: Education Edition Curriculum Instructions

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Congratulations on choosing to use our Minecraft: Education Edition software, powered by Computers 4 Kids. When you access the classesonline website and click on the Minecraft: Education Edition link, the following page will open. This is the main interface.

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Now I want to complete a lesson with my class. What do I do next?

The Volumes represent the Grades in your school. We have grouped the lessons into Volumes so that you can offer remedial help to learners by going down a Volume as well as extension to learners by going up a Volume.

To start a lesson, follow these steps:

STEP 1 - Select your relevant grade.

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STEP 2 - Select the lesson you want to complete by clicking on it

As we follow an integrated approach to teaching ICT, you will try and complete lessons and themes that the class teachers have been teaching in their classrooms. This means that you might start with lesson 1. 3 and then do lesson 1.8 the next week ? you do not start at 1.1 etc.

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STEP 3 ? Objective

This signboard shows the objective/outcome to the lesson.

STEP 4 ? Template Linx

Most of our Minecraft lessons will have an already made-up "world" (template) for the learners to use. If there is no link here it means that the learners are creating the "world" from scratch and you will need to read the step-by-step instructions on how to complete the lesson.

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STEP 5 ? Resource Linx:

This is the lesson instruction booklet giving you step-by-step instructions on how to complete the lesson.

STEP 6: Skills Cards

In the lesson booklets, you will be asked to refer to Skills Cards. Skills Cards explain how to perform certain actions in Minecraft. These are found here:

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STEP 7 ? Crafting Recipes

These Recipe Cards are there to help the learner with crafting items in Minecraft. Crafting is when you make tools out of things you have mined ie: iron.

STEP 8 ? Additional Learning Opportunities

This allows you to see the lesson link between Minecraft: Education Edition and our Computers 4 Kids Primary School Curriculum.

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STEP 9 ? Teacher's Guide

This is a comprehensive teacher's guide to the Computers 4 Kids Minecraft: Education Edition lessons.

STEP 10 ? Task Card Instructions

The task card provides simple step-by-step instructions on how to complete the lesson.

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