Digital citizenship with Minecraft: Education
Explore Minecraft: Education Digital Citizenship world to learn about digital theft, media literacy, sharing and harassment through a series of themed activities.
Learning outcomes:
- Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences
- Digital Citizen: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical
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Minecraft: Education - instructions for NSW teachers to get student licences
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Minecraft: Education - Teaching and Learning Centre for teachers in Tasmania
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Minecraft lesson guide and lesson plan - lesson aids and activities
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Unpacking the power of esports - teacher podcast on online games in the curriculum
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T4L Minecraft design issue magazine - how to create a digitally safe Minecraft world
- Minecraft Education teacher resources - to help you get started with Minecraft
Digital identity and privacy with Minecraft: Education
Join Minecraft: Education Cybercraft - Home Sweet HMM to be creative and learn about a safer and better internet and the principles of digital identity, online safety, and privacy.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the importance and benefits of the Internet in our everyday lives.
- Identify and avoid common cybersecurity risks by remembering, “STOP and THINK before you CLICK.”
- Build awareness to ensure the privacy of personal information.
- Advocate for help from trusted adults if you are unsure or uncomfortable.
- Build awareness with families about their role in making a safer internet.
Resources:
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Use the guide for teachers to help you understand how to support students through this learning experience.
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Use the slide deck to help guide your class for a Safer Internet.
- Student’s can be awarded with a certificate upon successful completion.
Cyber safety resources for NSW educators
Be a Cybermarvel: Be a digital leader (NSW Stage 4)
This three-lesson learning sequence is designed to teach students about how content is created and used online. It allows them to use sources and check to see if they are authentic and trustworthy, or if bias exists. It is recommended that this resource is used digitally to gain the benefit of the hyperlinks within. A list of all the online resources is at the end of each lesson.
Access the lesson plan on the Universal Resources Hub (login required)
