Parent Guide

All Ages

Technology

This guide is designed to assist parents who are supporting learners of all ages using Minecraft: Education Edition.

Submitted By: Minecraft Education

April 13, 2020

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Learning Objectives

Find background information to understand the game, learn why Minecraft is a useful educational tool, and find out how to get started.

Guiding Ideas

Here are some of the questions that get answered in this guide:

- What is Minecraft: Education Edition?

- What is different about Education Edition?

- Why Minecraft: Education Edition?

- How to install Minecraft on your device?

Student Activities

There are some additional resources that parents can do together with their children at home:

- Learn to play by watching short videos

- Complete Minecraft build challenges

- Explore lessons and curriculum

- Find technical support

Performance Expectations

Imagine building the city of the future, taking a voyage to an ancient Viking village, using computer code to fight a wildfire, or learning about the periodic table by conducting chemical experiments without a lab or even real chemicals? These are just a few of the exciting ways educators enrich learning through Minecraft: Education Edition.