Minecraft Workshop Site

Minecraft Education: From Blocks to Builds

Minecraft Part 1: ½ day workshop

This will workshop will focus on getting started. It is designed to help someone new to Minecraft Education learn how to open up a new world and navigate all that Minecraft Education has to offer. Come ready to be engaged in a hands on learning experience that will leave you with the foundation skills of building a house to learn about inventory and structure design. We will practice moving, breaking blocks as well as placing them. We will practice moving and navigating the worlds, how to fly, how to descend, how to get  back on the ground, how to climb a ladder, how to get in a mine cart, how to get out, how to drop an item, and other basic game mechanics. No hard hat needed for this construction, but you will need your creative thinking caps!

Minecraft Part 2: ½ day workshop

Now that we have a foundation for how the game works we will explore some more advanced features of the game. In this session we will explore crafting, redstone, farming, mining, slash commands, Classroom Mode, and more. In the end you will have all you need to survive a day in Minecraft!

We will also spend time looking at the resources already created to help you begin to make connections to your classroom with lessons, worlds, and more. Finally, we will provide you time to process all we have learned to feel empowered about taking the next steps of using Minecraft Education in the classroom.

Circuit Playground Site

Circuit Playground + Rapid Prototyping = Iterative Education

This full day workshop is broken into two parts. The morning will be spent exploring all the options available to you on the MakeCode. We will explore all the different applications of MakeCode with the Circuit Playground. We will go through a series of builds and learning cycles to empower you to be ready to incorporate the Circuit Playground into your classroom and school.

The afternoon will be spent working through a rapid prototyping experience where you will be creating a project to be implemented in your classroom. Come ready for a full day of hands on learning, making, tinkering, and designing to empower you to empower students!

LEGO EV3 Site

Discover STEM with Mindstorms

This workshop is ideal for participants who are new to MINDSTORMS and/or curious to see how it can be introduced into their classrooms. This introductory workshop will explore the getting started experience with LEGO MINDSTORMS and how it can be used in STEM learning. Through a series of hands on building and coding challenges you will feel more confident in using the robot to develop high level and engaging learning opportunities for students.