General Info
It was a collaborative workshop about coding in Minecraft. 18 year old students helped 9 and 10 years old students to make first steps in Minecraft coding. Learning objectives: 1. peer-to-peer, collaborative and team working; 4. using a game to introduce young students to coding; 3. have fun with coding in Minecraft.
Materials: tutorials from https://code.org/learn.
Challenge: Some students, especially girls were shy and they didn’t want to participate in the beginning, so I had to find a way to convince them that coding is fun also for girls.
Audience and Educational Framework
Educational Details
It was a digital inclusion activity implemented with the support of EOS Romania, in the frame of "Hai pe Net!" 2019 campaign. 18 year old students helped 9 and 10 years old students to make first steps in Minecraft coding.
Challenge: Some students, especially girls were shy and they didn’t want to participate in the beginning, so I had to find a way to convince them that coding is fun also for girls.
1. peer-to-peer, collaborative and team working;
2. using a game to introduce young students to coding;
3. have fun with coding
tutorials from https://code.org/learn
Implementation
(where and how the practice was implemented)
Coding is also for girls!
Educational material/resources (file/URL) accompanying the practice
English