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MINECRAFT

“Minecraft extends kids’ spatial reasoning skills, construction skills and understanding of planning,” said Eric Klopfer, a professor and the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Scheller Teacher Education Program. “In many ways, it’s like a digital version of Lego.”

Class Description   Class Code
and Age
Locations and Dates
       
Minecraft Survival for Beginners
The class will cover the basics of Minecraft in survival mode, including basic controls, managing inventory, how to survive the first night, avoiding hunger, building, mining, farming, reaching the Nether and conquering the end. Imagine playing survival with all the players in the same room, working together for a common goal. The teacher will facilitate discussions on traits of good teamwork.
 

MINEB

8-13

SH: w3AM, w5PM, w7AM

 

CH: w2AM, w4PM, w6AM

 

CW: w5AM

 

       
Minecraft - Finding the Engineer in You
Students will be building their dream home, setting up their village, replicating a famous building like the White House and building the Golden Gate Bridge as a team. Students will explore effective communications skills through discussions and group exercises in Minecraft.
 

MINEE

8-13

SH: w1PM, w2AM, w4PM, w6AM

 

CH: w1AM, w3PM, w5AM

 

CW: w2PM, w4AM

       
MInecraft Math
While playing Minecraft, students will have to conquer math problems in order to open doors and get needed tools and inventory items. The focus of the math problems are (1) order of operations, (2) word problems (3) multiplication (4) division and (5) fractions. You can calculate your way through survival mode!
 

MINEM

10-14

SH: w2PM, w4AM, w6PM

 

CH: w1PM, w3AM, w5PM

 

CW: w2AM, w4PM

       
Minecraft Advanced 
Students explore more advanced topics like engineering with Redstone, using enchantments, brewing potions, surviving zombie sieges and excavating structurees. Students will also learn about McEdit, an application that enables Minecraft enthusiasts to build and edit maps.
 

MINEA

10-14

SH: w3PM, w5AM, w7PM

 

CH: w2PM, w4AM, w6PM

 

CW: w1PM, w5PM, w6AM

       
       
     

All classes are week-long, Monday through Friday. Each day, students are in a class for 90 minutes, then take a 30-minute break and return to the same class for 90 minutes. If a student is partipating half-day, the student will take one class, either in the morning OR in the afternoon. If a student is participating full-day, the student will take one class in the morning and one class in the afternoon. Please go to "Schedules" to find when specific classes are offered by location.

Legend: SH=Short Hills; CH=Chatham; CW=Caldwell; w=week; AM=9:00-12:30; PM=1:30-5:00;
Legend: w1=June 30, w2=July 7, w3=July 14, w4=July 21, w5=July 28, w6=August 4, w7=August 11
Use of all hardware and software during class are included in program fee.