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Career Exploration in Minecraft CTE City & Virtual Campus

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Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 3B

Explore and create: Exploratory Creation lab
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Presenters

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Chris Fuge
Fresno Unified School District
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Garrett Main
Teacher on Special Assignment
Fresno Unified School District
@GarrettMain
As an experienced educator with over a decade of teaching experience, Garrett is passionate about empowering students to reach their full potential. He holds a master's degree in education administration and has worked with students of all ages and backgrounds, and grade levels. In addition to his work in the classroom, Garrett is also a Global Minecraft Mentor and currently on the Minecraft Education Advisory Board. His expertise includes Career Technical education, literacy development, and social-emotional learning using Minecraft Education. Garrett is excited to share his knowledge and insights with fellow educators and to collaborate with them to improve student outcomes for all students.
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Julie Mavrogeorge
Owner/President
Jdogmav Consulting / CA Esports Assoc.
@jdogmav
@jdogmav
Julie is an international speaker and presenter, serves on esports advisory boards, is the President of the CA Esports Association, the 2022 NAECAD Esports Director of the Year, a 2023 Managerial Excellence in Education - Finalist, and the 2024 the*gameHERs Guardian of the Year. Julie's passion is helping districts across the US create esports programs that fit their student populations. She has written diverse and inclusive esports curriculum aligned with CTE pathways, is a Women in Games and Women in Games International Mentor, and is the Esports League Director for Cleverlike Studios, Inc., and Ambassador for Gameplan and Drone Legends.

Session description

Minecraft CTE City and Virtual Campus integrate Career Technical Education Pathways across all learning areas, including Manufacturing, Agriculture, Technology, Arts, Media, Hospitality, Business, and more. Participants will explore these immersive Minecraft worlds that incorporate CTE Pathways and complete designated tasks that teach learners about the college and career opportunities available.

Purpose & objective

The purpose of the creation of Minecraft (Career Technical Education) CTE City and Virtual Campus is to introduce students to viable career paths at an early age. These all-inclusive environments provide K-8 students ample opportunity to explore available industry sectors through engaging in industry-specific environments, builds, challenges, and activities.

Creating a K-12 pipeline for college and career readiness is a desire of educators across the nation. Minecraft CTE City and Virtual Campus can be downloaded, shared, and replicated by educators to be customized to meet their district's specific needs and outcomes.

Minecraft is accessible on every device, from PCs to Chromebooks, and now cell phones, making these worlds accessible to all. Additional pathways will continue to be integrated with the addition of esports build challenges and player-vs-player arenas, as well as further development of competitive gameplay with embedded interactive challenges in each industry sector.

As a Microsoft Innovative Education Expert, Minecraft Certified Educator and Mentor, a contributor to the creation of Minecraft Esports Toolkit, Minecraft Esports Competition Guide, and a Minecraft Esports Academy Expert, we know the value of esports in both the classroom and in an after-school program, for use as an educational explorative tool. We have created and fostered a competitive environment that serves as a motivator for explorative and investigative research in developing student interest and enthusiasm across a variety of educational areas, including literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, social/emotional learning, career exploration, and development of overall digital literacy, communication, collaboration, and creativity.

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Outline

Minecraft CTE City & Virtual Campus
Description and Purpose- 45 mins
1. Overview of the worlds
2. Exploration of each pathway
3. Purpose of NPCs
A. Tasks and Challenges
4. Introduction to embedded game

Host world for attendees to join - 45 mins
1. Participants explore the world's CTE Pathways
A. Guided Instruction
B. Free Play Exploration
Q & A – 30 mins

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Session specifications

Topic:
Games for learning & gamification
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Intermediate
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
Learners do NOT need to download Minecraft prior to attending . The worlds will be uploaded to the presenter menu for download at their convenience.

Minecraft for PC - https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/minecraft-education/9NBLGGH4R2R6?launch=true&mode=mini

Minecraft for Chromebook - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftedu&pli=1

Minecraft for Apple is a direct download to the computer from this link - https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/get-started/download

Subject area:
Career and technical education, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Citizen
  • Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.
Designer
  • Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
  • Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
Disclosure:
The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

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