Minecraft: Michigan

Hi Everyone,

Great meeting those of you involved in the Coding in Minecraft Pilot in person or virtually over the past 2 days.

It was certainly an experience delivering the training virtually – hopefully everyone was able to do the activities without issue – if you did come across any problems and didn’t want to raise them publicly on the call please drop me a line and I’ll get back to you.

To further answer some of the questions which came up today please take a look at the below links and drop me a line if you have any further questions:

Slash Commands

https://minecrafteducation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001427888-Essential-Commands-

https://minecrafteducation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001457248-Commands-in-Depth

The OP command

https://minecrafteducation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001434707-Profile-Types-and-Permissions-

Below is the link to the My Minecraft Journey course on the Microsoft Educator Community:

https://education.microsoft.com/courses-and-resources/courses/my-minecraft-journey

Please take the test and get your certificate even if you do not want to go through all the training content.

Also when signing up to the Microsoft Educator Community (or if already a member) please redeem this code for some points - PDWWS72119

Finally ensure to sign up for an account on the Minecraft: Education Edition site - https://education.minecraft.net/ - AND sign up for the newsletter.

Please feel free to drop me a line anytime you have a question.

My colleague Eric Robertson has asked me to further post the below:

Everyone, we will want to set up a weekly call to simply touch base and connect on what you are doing and what support you need to be successful. I envision this as a 30 minute call wherein you all quickly share:

1. What you did that week
2. What went well
3. What were the issues

So my first ASK is for you to ID a day and time that works for a standing call. @Matt B. Hawkins can you help us select an option or two? 

Secondly, I wanted to share with you the survey questions we are thinking about. After you have piloted a course we will ask you to fill out a short web survey – 15 minutes or so… To help us gather additional feedback. Attached is a PPT that outlines these questions and the general pilot time line. See slide 8. 

Thanks again for participating in this pilot. I look forward to watching CS grow in Michigan through all of your hard work and commitment!

Thanks,

Peter & Eric