This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
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Minecraft Enrichment
Slide 1 - Slide
How would you rate your minecraft survival experience? Write it on the paper you have
5) Mastery - I have completed the game and understand redstone system
4) High - I have completed the game in survival mode
3) Medium - I understand systems like farming, trading and biomes
2) Low - I can move around and do basic things but I get lost with the systems
1) Very Low - I have little to no experience of playing minecraft
Slide 2 - Poll
What does the word "community" mean to you?
Slide 3 - Mind map
Community
A group of people with a common interest or characteristic
Slide 4 - Slide
Why play games like minecraft with others rather than solo?
Slide 5 - Mind map
What skills do you think are improved by multiplayer gaming?
Slide 6 - Mind map
Social Skills and Confidence
helps anxious and shy people feel safe. An extension or version of reality with safety, its own rules, immersion levels and options.
Better Teamwork
Helps with cooperation skills. This is a crucial life skill. Helps with self-reflection like how to improve your play in a game. Helps you be more productive.
Leadership Skills
Works with cooperation still but as part of a hierarchy. This means to delegate and manage tasks of other players and take authority. This leadership in a game can be applied in real life in other leadership roles.
Empathy and connection
In games you are all on an even field. You will make mistakes, give each other tips, laugh at inside jokes and deepen you connection by sharing stories of failure and success.
Friends and Community
Gaming together can strengthen friendships or even create new ones. High percentage of gamers make lifelong friends online.
Improve problem solving
Playing games together helps our ability to solve complex problems.
Slide 7 - Slide
Enrichment
Minecraft Community Goal Enrichment
You will be put into teams (we will do this as we want you outside of your comfort zone)
Each team will have 5 members where possible
Each week 4 members will be citizens (on minecraft)
And 1 will be the Team leader who organises the citizens
You will be working each week to set community goals
Slide 8 - Slide
What do you think are good community goals for a small minecraft community to build/accomplish?
Slide 9 - Mind map
Possible ideas...
Building a primary dwelling for citizens
making beds for everybody (skip nights)
Mining certain resources
Making certain items (tools, armour, weapons etc...)
Creating a crop farm
Creating a livestock farm
Creating certain recognisable community buildings
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Emergency actions
Expect emergency actions to be deployed by Community Officers (teachers)
These must be met and by strict deadlines
Slide 11 - Slide
What character traits will help you be successful in your teams?
Slide 12 - Mind map
What traits or actions will hinder your teams ?
Slide 13 - Mind map
Recognition
We will be awarding groups with certificates for excelling in certain areas each week (positive points/golden tickets)
There is be an overall Champion Community each HT
There will be an overall Year Champion
Slide 14 - Slide
Friendly warning
This enrichment is about community play, teamwork, leadership and cooperation.
Anyone found to be in conflict with this will be removed from this part of the enrichment and set to paper work.
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There is more...
Alongside this community challenge will run a second challenge
This challenge will be judged separately.
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Game Design
Each team will need to do the following outside of the set sessions and submit the final products by agreed deadline (TBC)
Game name and description
Game logo (hand drawn, canva/Vectr)
Game artwork (hand drawn, photoshop)
Game media (Trailer, video advert)
How much you do is up to you and how you delegate and complete the tasks again is up to you...teamwork makes the dreamwork!