Where are all of the Minecraft Coding Manuals?
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...
Category: Coding
Better Code in Minecraft:Education
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...
New Python Commands in Minecraft EDU
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...
Updated list of Minecraft Python Notebook Commands for the Agent
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.
Minecraft Education Notebooks Intro Posts
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...
Event Handlers in Python Notebooks with Minecraft Education Edition
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...
Choose Minecraft Education for Python – Get Set Up
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...
Quickly Learn Syntax with Yoda
Foolish are you! Understand you do not. We all are familiar with the unusual speech of Yoda. Students immediately recognize that his speech sounds unusual but they understand the meaning. A quick discussion helps...
Second Lesson to Introduce Python Coding in the Notebook Editor in Minecraft:Education Edition
My take on the Billboard tutorial in your Minecraft:EE notebook-style editor. As an extension, you can use this command with variables. If your students are comfortable with variables, or if you have already tried...
Introduce Python Variables to Minecraft Education Notebook Users
One of the most important early concepts for students to understand is the purpose and use of variables in coding. Students already understand Minecraft. They understand that there are conditions in Minecraft that change,...
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