Minecraft Enrichment

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Minecraft Enrichment

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

What does the word "community" mean to you?

Community

A group of people with a common interest or characteristic

Why play games like minecraft with others rather than solo?

What skills do you think are improved by multiplayer gaming?

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.

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

What do you think are good community goals for a small minecraft community to build/accomplish?

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

Emergency actions

Expect emergency actions to be deployed by Community Officers (teachers)

These must be met and by strict deadlines

What character traits will help you be successful in your teams?

What traits or actions will hinder your teams ?

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

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.

There is more...

Alongside this community challenge will run a second challenge

This challenge will be judged separately.

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!