First Lesson Kit

My First Lessons Kit with Minecraft is designed to assist educators new to Minecraft: Education Edition.

Submitted by: Minecraft Education

Updated: June 5, 2020

Learning objectives

Throughout this notebook, educators will explore the concept of game-based learning and explore how to plan standards-based instruction utilizing Minecraft: Education Edition. To help you get started teaching with Minecraft: Education Edition, we’ve compiled some key resources to make the implementation of Minecraft in your classroom as smooth as possible.

The guide is a visual representation of the learning progression for you, the educator. Following this plan may help you to incorporate Minecraft: Education Edition into your classroom.  Using Minecraft in the Classroom can seem like an overwhelming task. We have developed lessons that walk you through never having used it to blending an existing lesson into your content and ending with a template for you to use to design your lessons.   Here are some questions that will be answered in the kit:
  • What's Minecraft: Education Edition and why students are crazy about it?
  • Where to start when you only begin with Minecraft?
  • How to create the first lesson?
  • How to incorporate assessment?

This kit includes the following sections:
  • Introduction to game-based learning and Minecraft: Education Edition
  • My First Lessons - Educator Objectives with Minecraft
  • Social Contracts for individuals, class, or school
  • Sample Lesson Plan: Digital Citizenship Using Minecraft
  • Guidance for Educators: Follow Up Resources

We have developed lessons that walk you through never having used it to blending an existing lesson into your content and ending with a template for you to use to design your lessons.

Skills

  • Communication