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Leveraging Minecraft for ESports and Critical Thinking Skills

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Colorado Convention Center, 201

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Erick Buenrostro
Digital Resource & Content Specialist
Ysleta ISD
@BuenrostroErick
Erick Buenrostro is a Google Certified Trainer and Cyber Security specialist working for the Ysleta ISD in El Paso, TX. Erick has worked in the Education field for the past 11 years, spear-heading projects such as the 1:1 device initiatives for students and teachers, district conferences, and the newly formed eSports initiative. Erick has a passion for learning and discovering the best ways to help improve student and teacher success.
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Mesha Daniel
Innovative Learning Specialist
YISD
@MeshaDaniel
I have been an educator for 31 years, spending the last 11 at the district level as a Technology Integration Specialist. I am a Minecraft™ Ambassador, a Microsoft™ Education Expert, a Google™ Certified Trainer and Coach, and an Apple™ Learning Coach. I love helping teachers to find innovative ways to use technology tools effectively in the classroom. I also love to code my spreadsheets with Google Apps Script. When I am away from the office, I love to drive with my husband to NMSU and watch my amazing and super handsome twin sons play in the NMSU Pride of New Mexico Band.

Session description

Minecraft: Education is a fantastic tool to get kids thinking, communicating, and strategizing! Come and learn some ways Minecraft: Education can build great problem-solvers and critical thinkers while they are creating, competing, and having fun!

Purpose & objective

This session is designed to give attendees insight into Minecraft: Education. There are still many misconceptions of the Minecraft platform, and many educators see it as something extra, or something they know very little about. By exposing participants to different ways that Minecraft: Education can be utilized in the classroom, they will begin to see the power that this learning tool has to offer both students and teachers.

Attendees will have time to work and experience Minecraft: Education first-hand. This time will allow the presenters to facilitate, answer questions, and model particular skills that will enhance the participant's experience.

Every attendee will leave with a new world creation and a better understanding of how Minecraft: Education can be utilized in the classroom.

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Outline

1. A basic overview of what Minecraft is, where to download it, and how to officially get started using it on a personal level.
2. The majority of the time will be work time, where attendees will get the opportunity to work and build within a world that they created.
3. A digital document will be dispersed, that will contain step-by-step instructions and many links to YouTube videos created by the presenter that will serve as tutorials. These tutorials can be accessed over and over, even after the session is complete.
4. This session is completely hands-on, where participants will work on their projects independently, under the facilitation and guidance of the presenters.

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Supporting research

The following URL is the official support site of Minecraft: Education. Visitors can find lessons, blogs, and technical assistance for all device types.
https://education.minecraft.net/en-us

The following URL is a blog post written by one of the presenters as Minecraft: Education has gotten a lot more popular and utilized within the district:
https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/blog/yisd-esports

Common Sense wrote a review on the power of Minecraft: Education. The link is below.
https://www.commonsense.org/education/reviews/minecraft-education-edition

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Session specifications

Topic:
Esports
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
All attendees should have a Microsoft 360 account. Participants will be able to download and use a trial version of Minecraft: Education if their school district does not offer it.
Subject area:
Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Facilitator
  • Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms, virtual environments, hands-on makerspaces or in the field.
  • Create learning opportunities that challenge students to use a design process and computational thinking to innovate and solve problems.
For Students:
Computational Thinker
  • Students formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.

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