Scenes from the fall Minecraft Enrichment Club

Our last Minecraft video is a good one – a compilation of student videos taken in the world that they “lived” in and helped build over the course of our fall enrichment club.

For those unconvinced about what Minecraft has to offer, take a look at the thought put into what and how students are creating, the interactions between players, and the genuine creativity exhibited. When a player starts in Minecraft, they have to create everything around them, and it’s mind-blowing to think of the work and thought that went into these creations.

Student exploration in Minecraft

One of the reasons that Minecraft is such an engrossing game for the kids that play it is because they are thrown into a world and forced to make meaning from everything around them. Here is one student’s exploration of the world that he helped create.

Intro to Minecraft

It was clear that many of our students had a lot of experience with Minecraft when some were building Rube Goldberg machines on the very first day of the fall Minecraft enrichment club.