OK over the last couple of years I’ve occasionally used Minecraft Education in the classroom to varying success. Sometimes it works, sometimes it falls in a big fat steaming heap and makes me hate life. I tend to keep it simple, with a build challenge… who can build the best tower? who can build a bridge? build a school!
So what I built was a simple flat creative world with 24 plots of land feel free to make more, although I think 30 concurrent players is the max. You collect your students usernames (I do this via a google form) and change the simple in-game code so each plot is only accessible by that student to prevent them destroying each others builds, sometimes I give a team access to work together. There is also a structure block on each plot that students can use to export their build as a 3D file which can be used with a 3D printer or perhaps in a Blender animation (which is how I mostly use it in my animation class).
There are lots of uses. Be warned though, students found a loophole in my first attempt to secure their areas. I quickly solved that one and prevented further bloodshed, however, recently they started using Ender Pearls to teleport into areas and be a menace.
To prevent this I made another command block with a /kill all ender pearls command, but this only works when you are near enough to activate that command. Then there are other ways of dealing with anti-social students, you can imprison them in game as a time out until they change their ways but it can quickly become a negative experience for everyone.
Use these files as you please, I’ve included an empty world, a sample of some student work and a PowerPoint which explains how to use it and change the code to suit. It should be pretty simple.
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