Locking Minecraft?
Last year, my school purchased student accounts for my fourth grade class. When covid hit and the school doors closed, we were incredibly thankful for this way to stay connected outside of academics! We had a class world, with weekly gaming time. This year, I have parents asking me how I plan to provide social opportunities for their children, but my principal is saying no! He says that some parents last year complained about the amount of time their children played when they should be working. We only had group gaming outside of school hours. Is there a way to limit their access to the game (their own worlds or exploring others) during the school day? It is the only way my principal will agree to let us do this again during distance learning, and we really need this connection!
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Thanks for reaching out and you have brought up some really interesting points with this. There is not a way to "lockdown" the game but there have been a lot of educators chatting on here about some ideas to help with it. I would recommend reaching out in the Lesson Planning forums and such to talk to your fellow teachers about how they handle these types of situations. One of the really amazing aspects about this version of the game is having educators leverage the game for actual lessons.
This version of Minecraft was designed for just that, it really isn't meant to just be a video game to play after classes. We have educators from all over the globe who teach everything from STEM to literature, inclusivity, psychology, and pretty much every subject you can think of. They all utilize the game as a way to get students to really engage and enjoy the learning they are required to do.
Again I thank you for bringing this up and implore you to reach out to your fellow teachers for tips and tricks. We have also been hosting free workshops that feature some of our educators from around the world bringing their lessons and ideas on how to utilize the technology for your curriculums. I will link to the YouTube playlist of the previous weeks workshops and perhaps you may gain some insight into the different ways to use this in the classroom!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9lToc61ftpNtknQK0clU0N4LY1mfkCX
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Thanks. I definitely want to use it for lessons as well as providing students with a much-needed way to socialize, collaborate, and create. My issue is that I won't be allowed to use it at all for anything if I can't personally keep kids from playing when they shouldn't. I'll check out the lesson planning forum and see if anyone has ideas there.
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