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Learning to program using Minecraft

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Learning Objective Know what Minecraft is and to explain some of its uses Build a simple house in creative mode Know how to build a computer and build a simple script which says Hello World

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What is

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Its whatever you want it to be? Be creative! Be collaborative! Work together Use it in your other subjects What is

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Getting Started Before you can start using Minecraft, you need to make sure that you set up your blank work. There are different worlds available in Minecraft and you need to make sure you are in the right mode. CREATIVE You can make what you like without worrying about Steve dying - * WERE USING THIS MODE* SURVIVAL You have to harvest your materials from the world which is slightly more challenging. HARDCORE You have a single life, if you lose it then you cant continue.

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STEP 1 Click on Singleplayer

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STEP 2 Click Create New World

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STEP 3 Name your world and choose creative

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STEP 4 Change your World Type to Super Flat and click Done

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Your flat world is ready

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Cant quite remember? Use this worksheet to remind you how to set up your own creative mode. It should be quite easy to follow and shows you the basic steps. Your teacher will show you where to find this.

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Some of the basics

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Tinker Time! Your are now given 5 minutes to have a play with the flat world and to see what blocks you can find and create in your inventory

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Task 1 : - House Time Youre required to build a house for Steve. It must meet the following requirements: 4 sides Roof 2 windows on each side Door Extension: Try to create a library for books Experiment with Red Stone to build switches for doors and lights in the house.

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Task 1 : - Having Trouble? Your teacher has produced a simple user guide which will help you through the basics. It explains which keys are used and how to navigate! Dont get frustrated when you click the wrong mouse button, it happens to us ALL! Your teacher will pick the amount of time for this activity!

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Task 2: - Hello World! Were going to add a computer into our house or whatever youve managed to complete. Computers allow us to program things in the environment and we can manipulate things. We can even create programs to build the house for us, so that we dont have to spend us much time doing it!

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Task 2: - Hello World! Type E to bring up your inventory and click on the compass, this allows you to search. Search for the computer and add it into your inventory. Now add your computer to your world..REMEMBER TO RIGHT CLICK

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Task 2: - Hello World! Right click to bring up the code window. This will turn on the computer.

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Task 2: - Hello World! This is the computers prompt menu and where well type our code

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Task 2: - Hello World! Type in Edit hello This gives you your program called hello which you can edit. Type in the line on the left. Hold down CTRL and press ENTER to save your program. Hold Down CTRL and move the arrow keys to the right to exit your coding.

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Task 2: - Hello World! Type in hello This is what we called our program earlier and it will run the script weve typed up already. You can see that the program now runs Hello, world!. Task 2: - See if you can get your computers to have different programs. Try and have multiple programs in your house which might say different things. Extension: - Can you find out how to include a variable which asks for an input?

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Finishing Up! Youve all had time to build a Minecraft world with a house and some computers. Swap computers and share your code with others. If people have had difficulties with their program, help them. If you know something more about Minecraft, share this. 5 minutes Then share your experience with your teacher.