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Weekly Minecraft Coding Beginner Fun! Learn to Code With New Projects Every Week

In this 55 minute long Minecraft coding weekly class, students will build amazing Minecraft worlds using lines of code. There are new projects every week #builder
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1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

In this 55 minute weekly class, students will be taught to code using Minecraft. Every week, there will be a new exciting action-packed project with builds and mobs of all sorts! Each week, we work on a new topic from start to finish so new joiners will not be at a disadvantage.

There is a new theme each week. The weekly breakdown is listed below: 


Week of Aug 26: Agent Farmer
Week of Sep 2: Block City New york
Week of Sep 9: Block City London
Week of Sep 16: Block City Rome
Week of Sep 23: Time Travel: India
Week of Sep 30: Time Travel: Egypt
Week of Oct 7: Time Travel: China
Week of Oct 14: Olympic Stadia 
Week of Oct 21: Viking Lore
Week of Oct 28: Happy Halloween
Week of Nov 4: Sports Stadia
Week of Nov 11: Minecraft Cars
Week of Nov 18: Pumpkin Farming
Week of Nov 25: Sea World
Week of December 2: Arctic Adventure
Week of December 9: Polar Express
Week of December 16: Build a Snowman
Week of December 23: Christmas Town 



Class Agenda:

-  Welcome and Introductions
-  Overview of the topic 
-  Coding in Minecraft 
-  Creative time decorating 
-  Testing and playing 
-  Publishing and sharing
-  Wrap up

Teaching Methodology:

Our approach is project-based. We strongly believe that engaged, happy students are the best learners. Our projects have an end goal, and most are game based. We use coding to solve a problem. We have up to 8 student in this class, allowing the class to be interactive with lots of opportunities to ask questions and share knowledge. 

What you would need:

Please make sure that the learner has downloaded and installed Minecraft Education Edition prior to joining the class (available for PC/Mac/iPAD). NOT suitable for tablets other than iPads. Two devices are ideal (one for zoom and the other to work on). Please check system requirements prior to booking with us if you're not sure.

Age Requirement: 

7 to 12

No prior coding experience necessary. Minecraft playing experience would be helpful.

Parental Guidance: 

Please note that this class requires students to download Minecraft Education Edition which is an external resource downloaded from the App Store (for iPads) or the Microsoft website for a computer. This app has an age rating of K-12. A sign in is required, but we will give you access to it through our licence. You will receive access details after signing up. To find more details for parents on what the education edition is about, please follow the following link: 

https://education.minecraft.net/wp-content/uploads/Minecraft-Education-Edition-Parents-Guide-1.pdf
Learning Goals
Learn block-based Microsoft MakeCode coding similar to Scratch
Use loops and conditionals (IF/THEN/ELSE)
Understand variables (number, Boolean, string)
Create and use functions
Use all of the above to make games and build structures
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Other Details

Pre-Requisites
Basic awareness and use of the Minecraft game. Creating a Minecraft world, placing blocks and accessing the inventory. Coding experience is not required.
Supply List
Minecraft Education Edition downloaded and installed on iPad, MacBook, Windows PC or Chromebook (other tablets such as Android are not supported). Please see system requirements under materials. We will provide you with our Minecraft Education Edition login, this is automatically sent through the welcome email, if you do not receive it please contact us in advance of the class.
 1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Not an official Minecraft product. Not approved or associated with Mojang.
Joined November, 2020
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We are a London (England) based team of engineers, coders and developers who specialise in hands on learning. Our approach is project based. We don't teach coding for the sake of coding. We engage the children in coding projects that have a goal that is aligned to the students' interests. We may be new to Outschool, but we are 6 years old and have spent over 6000 hours teaching online since March 2020. We have a 5-star rating on Google and Facebook!

All our instructors have enhanced background checks on an annual basis, and have paediatric first aid certificates that are renewed every 3 years. We are also registered with the information commissioner's office and are general data protection regulation (GDPR) compliant (which means all your personal data is safe when you book with us, and is never shared with anyone else).

Here are the sort of classes that you might like to book with us:

- Minecraft Coding
- Scratch Coding
- Roblox Coding
- Python Coding
- Augmented/Virtual Reality Coding
- Game development with MakeCode arcade
- Game development with Bloxels
- Stop Motion Animation and Film making
- Virtual Robotics with VexCode

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1x per week
55 min

Completed by 5387 learners
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Ages: 7-12
3-8 learners per class

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