Dedicated Server for Minecraft:EE
Could we please have an option to create a dedicated server with classroom controls? I have different classes that use the same world, and it would simplify things for the students and teachers if the world was "always up".
Also - are there any plans to increase the player limit above 30? I would love to get 100+ students in there for massive projects...!
Many thanks and keep up the hard work
FG
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Bryan Sander, thank you for raising the topic. I would like to answer with a question: Should Minecraft Education serve as a virtual classroom where many students work together? That would in effect be professional multiplayer. Think about esports and such. Or is it primarily a learning tool to do an exercise alone? That would be singleplayer. If a virtual classroom is the primary focus, then the logical conclusion is that a technical infrastructure is needed that makes it possible for me as a teacher to effectively supervise and assess a whole class of 30 students in one world over several lessons. Only then does the content, such as the virtual chemistry lab, become really interesting.
I am less worried about the content. There is a lot already and Minecraft is such a great tool to improvise. After dedicated servers I would focus on developing necessary tools so the community can create content themselves. And share it of course.
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Christoph Peters I think just by the simple fact that Minecraft Education can be used either way, single player or multiplayer. It is BOTH.
And using it for "teaching" I think it really needs to be optimized for "Virtual Classroom" since the kids are joining each other's worlds and the teachers really have no control when they do that. If during class they were expected to join the Server, at least the teacher would be able to "take attendance" and Know who was not where they were supposed to be even if they might not have the tools to do anything about it yet.0 -
Christoph Peters -- that's fair. It's interesting to ponder these things as we grow and develop what it means to have a class or run a class or have a class gather. Something I have often wondered about meeting in a group is what can we do together that we cannot do alone . . . ? And are we using this group arrangement to its greatest perceived or unknown potential?
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My loyalty is with Minecraft and I would like to see MEE developed. But how long should I wait?
Avantisworld.com is looking more and more attractive. Educational content is there, interactive, VR, multi play, reporting, quizzes. There is no option to self build or create own lessons but if using for Education you want students to interact with the lesson, not build all over it. It is not perfect by any means and it is not Minecraft, but .....
I want to build a virtual classroom with lessons, learning themed areas, the whole lot. MEE could be so much more.0 -
I want to build a virtual classroom with lessons, learning themed areas, the whole lot. MEE could be so much more.
I so agree with you there. However, it is a HUGE amount of work to develop a world with all the tools/structure you want for your virtual classroom and that is without ANY Educational Content.
I've spent so much time working on the Addons for teacher controls and such that I've not even had any time to work on the Visual portions of the "classroom" let alone trying to implement any sort of content.0
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