STEM is a major focus of learning for both educators and parents. We all know our future depends on the creative endeavors of the students of today, working collaboratively to solve real world problems....
Have you looked over the incredible opportunities available for creative learning in Minecraft Education Edition? If you have, then you know that you can teach everything from language arts to chemistry to social and...
Event handlers are the big responders in coding. They are the bridge between code and the outside world. Event handlers are code that waits for an event, such as an action by a player...
Students love Minecraft, and teachers want to find simple ways to use it in their class to increase engagement – but how? Slates, posters and boards are three sizes of chalkboards, a feature of...
Micro:bits are the accessible way to bring STEM and coding into the classroom. With just a computer and an inexpensive Micro:bit device, even young children can learn to code, and see their own work...
In my last post, I shared my template for easily creating a custom Google Forms Header which would not be cropped or resized. Here are examples of headers for you to use, and screenshots...
Making connections to everyday activities is a great part of learning. Who doesn’t eat? We all do! Kids love lessons about food. Including classroom lessons about food can be tricky, because of safety concerns....
The question was asked on the Community Hub recently: where can a manual be found for Python Azure Notebooks? Alas! No one writes manuals for programming languages any more! While there are very nice...
I was recently in a discussion on the Minecraft Education Community Hub. It turned out that it was impossible to place a chest or a dispenser using MakeCode. I suggested that the best way...
Use these chevron backgrounds for free in your non-commercial celebration of Black History month. I hope you enjoy them, and have joy in the celebration! If you need another format, like a particular header...
Big news on the coding front with the Minecrft EDU GOAT update. There are new player commands in Python Notebooks! One new command is player.ability, seen here: player.ability(“worldbuilder”,”true”) This command allows us to set...
With the new, “Greatest of all Time” release of the GOAT Minecraft update, the agent.detect command has been removed (deprecated.) Here is my best and brightest list of Python Notebooks Agent commands.
Here is a list of my posts on Minecraft for Education’s exciting Python Notebook editor Setup the Coding window: http://tech.grandmadeb.com/index.php/2021/05/15/choose-minecraft-education-for-python-get-set-up/ First Lesson: http://tech.grandmadeb.com/index.php/2020/11/12/first-lesson-to-introduce-python-coding-in-the-notebook-editor-in-minecrafteducation-edition/ Second Lesson: http://tech.grandmadeb.com/index.php/2020/11/22/second-lesson-to-introduce-python-coding-in-the-notebook-editor-in-minecrafteducation-edition/ Second Lesson follow up: do the Billboards Tutorial...
It takes just a few steps to set up your coding window so that you are ready to begin high-level programming in the fast-growing and versatile programming language, Python. Minecraft Education Edition offers an...
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