Reflection Week 8 Session 5
The best
laid plans of mice and men…and Minecraft.
Well, this
week we had many unforseen factors that drastically changed the plan and what we
were able to run. Moving into our new buildings and staff absence meant we had
to change things up. We did manage to run an hour of Minecraft. I amazed myself!
Gene and Peter were not available and I managed to log on and get it all
running. Students were logged into
single player for some free “sandpit” time in Minecraft.
Lucky for me,
a year nine student named Ben had a free period and offered to help me out. After
playing on their own for 20 minutes, the studetns then logged into multiplayer
and entered Ben’s world. Ben had built a world and constructed a dwelling in
the world. He then invited the year 5 students to visit his world. He had
strict entrance “laws” which he verbally outlined to the students which they
agreed to. In they went!
Ben guided
them in the world, giving suggestions, ideas tips and pointers on how they were
interacting with his world and dwelling. He was supportive, encouraging,
engaging and very clear on the etiquette he expected of the students in his
world. There were a few glitches and kids “accidently” destroying things so he
was firm when he needed to be.
Ben’s interactions
with the students were exactly what we are aiming for our year 5 students to do
with our Year 3s in the next phase of the project. However in this session the two
groups both already had Minecraft knowledge. Our future groups will be Minecraft
skilled students teaching novices. The glossary/dictionary we are working on
will be of great use in our next phase. I am really excited about moving into
the next phase.
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