A Little Surprise.

I found this written on our whiteboard marker desk.

A Final Post by Our Student Minecraft Expert.

My Personal opinion about how Minecraft has helped me and how it should be taught in schools.

Its helped me cause it keeps me entertained and it also helps me as well as other people be creative and show people how they see things as well as do different things and show how much effete they put in to this and a whole ton of other stuff as well.

This should be taught in other schools because it gives other kids the chance to be creative and it doesn’t just do that it teaches things like Building and even math’s.

It will increase your confidence and because it works for all ages it’s a great thing to do. It can also help other people like me who hate coming to school and maybe only come 2 or 3 times a week into 4 or 5 days which this experience teaching and just getting to hang around has helped me come to school and actually enjoy being here. There is also a great feeling knowing that what I have said to them is being used for their learning experience as well as mine.

By Michael 9A

The Fabulous, Fairy tales and Fables of Minecraft 2014 Project

2014

The big question was, "Where to from here?"

We have trained a 40 Minecraft experts from across the 2013 year 5 cohort. These students will be our in class tutors, teacher support team and peer instructors for use of the Minecraft software in the next project for 2014. (We call this method to the madness!!)

Our goals

• Inspire and engage our students
• Use Minecraft as a tool for teaching core curriculum
• Introduce and involve the teaching staff

Next year we plan a project with the year 456 teams. The course will run for 14 weeks. x 3

The project is one based on literacy.

We want to tap into a known subject base for our colleagues, literacy development, and use this to introduce them to using multiple pieces of software to "publish" student work. We want them to see, understand, and use new software across the curriculum.

 

1. The students will work on understanding the text structures of traditional fairy tales and fables. They will also be developing skills in the use of the Minecraft software. They will then use these known text structures and characters to develop an innovation on a text, adapting it to Minecraft characterisations. 
2. Create a story board.
3. From the story board they will develop a script for a movie based on the traditional tale they have given a Minecraft twist.
4. Build sets in Minecraft for their movie
5. Filming
6. Voice over
7. Screening

 

Below is a week by week outline of the proposed project process. (Still to be tweaked a little)

I have also attached some storyboard work samples. Enjoy! 

 

 



Year 4-6

The Fabulous, Fairy tales and Fables of Minecraft

Innovation on Traditional Text structures using Minecraft as a storytelling tool through film.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Home Group

Rubric

Students develop traditional tales. Then in mixed ability teams they develop their traditional tale structure into a Minecraft script. ·         Plot structure ·         Good versus evil ·         Good wins ·         Familiar characters

·         Story board ·         Basic script

Finalise a Script Characters used must be Minecraft specific.

Rubric

Virtual World Software applications

Rubric

Using software ·         Minecraft ·         Paintbrush ·         Word ·         i show u ·         Final Cut Pro ·         Garage band ·         CrazyTalk

·         Set building using Minecraft ·         Filming ·         Saving files ·         Storing files

Editing Voice over Movie production 1 minute minimum

Rubric

Movie screening in the theatre.

Virtual World Skills and understandings

Rubric

·         Function and use of individual software combining multiple software to create single product. ·         How can a known traditional story or tale be given a modern twist. ·         Taking an idea and making a movie. ·         Story boards and planning the shoot ·         Set creation ·         Filming – shots types ·         Music and how it supports mood and feeling in film ·         Adaptability. To look at the computer as the tool to be curious and creative in problem solving. ·         Using the computer a tool for expressing ideas.

-Capture footage in real time. -Designing in a 3D environment. -Team Work.

-Editing vision. -Recording Sound. -Creating Music. -Editing Sound Effects. -Adding effects to the film. -Colourising film. -Exporting finished film.  -Project in multiple formats. -Creating titles. -Creating Credit Role.

Rubric

-Behaving as an audience. -Publishing work publicly. -Rubric exploring process.

Story board samples

(Thanks to my children Deanna and Niko, for yet again trialing something for us at home!!)