Task Two

Exercise Two 10 Minutes

The server was switched to creative mode.  The students were organised into teams of four. One was the manager and the other three the builders.

The task to build something you would find in a house.

The student teams were given one minute to decide what they were going to build.

Team 1 A table

Team 2 A roller coaster

Team 3 A tree house

Team 4 A table

The ten minutes started.

Teams began building

Team 2 started their roller coaster and their process was amazing.  I personally didn't think they would get very far in ten minutes but one student operated as the manager.  He kept everyone on task and his team listened to him. In ten minutes they had an operating Roller coaster. Unfortunately at the end of the ten minutes one student decided to blow it all up.  We knew this sort of griefing could happen and we were prepared for us.  Peter gentle took the student aside and the student was truly upset but his behaviour.

Team 4 didn't really start their table, they dug a hole, didn't listen to each other and went of and did their own individual thing.

Team 1 started a table, decided it was to easy and started to build a house.

Team 3 under a dictatorship built a tree house.  It was a remarkable structure and everyone contributed to the structure all in awe of the Minecraft guru who lead their team.

Student Refection.

Students were then asked to reflect on there work process.  The students prefer to work in Creative mode and build things.  They decided they needed to listen to each other better. They wanted more planning time before starting something. It was annoying when people griefed others work.  They want more hours to work in Minecraft.  How come we didn't run a Minecraft Club at lunch time.