AI foundations

Build digital skills and AI literacy with Minecraft

AI Foundations offers a set of accessible, engaging materials for building AI literacy with Minecraft. The program is designed to empower students, educators, and families with a fundamental understanding of how AI works and how to use AI tools responsibly.

Hour of AI 2025: The First Night

Try to survive the first night in Minecraft, but this time with the help of an AI Agent! Train it to recognize resources, craft tools, and build shelter before the sun sets. Solve coding puzzles with MakeCode blocks or Python and learn why AI tools require human oversight in the latest Hour of AI tutorial.

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Three Minecraft characters run through a village at night, one holding a torch. Text reads: THE FIRST NIGHT.

Get AI ready this school year

Learn how to teach with Minecraft Education's AI Foundations program in this training webinar. Explore ways to integrate AI and digital literacy across the curriculum, sparking curiosity, understanding, and preparing students from classroom to career!

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The Minecraft agent and a chicken are looking at a stack of computer components in the shape of the letters "AI"


WATCH THE SERIES: AI ADVENTURERS

In this series of animated videos, journey alongside two curious Minecraft companions to explore the world of AI. Produced in partnership with Microsoft's Tech for Society team. View the full playlist on YouTube.

Learn how AI can help generate, refine, and improve ideas.

Learn how AI systems work in this short video that demystifies AI with an unlikely pair of pals.

Explore ways AI is helping us solve real-world problems, from traffic to conservation.

Discover how to use AI tools safely and responsibly for a fun and surprising result!

Teach with the AI adventurers

Explore free resources for educators and families designed to help demystify AI and spark curiosity for students of all ages.

AI foundations program resources

Incorporate AI literacy across the curriculum and build teacher capacity, creating pathways from classroom to career.


SEE AI LEARNING IN ACTION

Want to know what AI Foundations looks like in the classroom? These case studies show how educators and students are using Minecraft Education to build AI skills and literacy.

Using Minecraft to teach cybersecurity

Leaders at Chandler Unified School District in Arizona have prioritized digital safety, driving outcomes with students and teachers.

Empowering educators to innovate with Minecraft

At Kent School District in Washington State, teachers integrate AI and digital literacy with core curriculum using Minecraft Education.

Building leadership skills in online school

Stride K12 is changing the game in online learning, building social-emotional and digital skills through game-based learning.

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