It's fun to think up the award certificates for each camper. During the week we all get to know each other, at least a little. The awards are for fun and a fun memory.
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Here's the link to the Survival Map you spent so much time on:
http://bit.ly/FranklinWorld It's a large world, once you download and unzip the file (ask a parent for help), use your name in the world. If you use your name like at camp you'll have all your resources. If you use a different name you'll have to get your resources. Here's instructions on how to load a map taken from Placing the MapOnce you have the map pack, it’s time to navigate to the save folder of your Minecraft profile. By default, the save folder is in the following location: http://www.howtogeek.com/school/htg-guide-to-minecraft/lesson13/ WindowsC:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\saves\Mac OS/Users/[yourusername]/Library/Application Support/Minecraft/saves/Linux/home/[yourusername]/.minecraft/saves/This is the location where all your existing Minecraft worlds are located and, if you place a downloaded save (which is what the map pack is) in the folder, it will appear in the list of games available when you launch Minecraft. Remember, if you have created multiple profiles as we discussed in an early lesson, the save folder will be a sub-directory of that new profile folder. For example, if you make a profile specifically for playing older 1.6.4 adventure maps, you’ll need to place the maps in that folder (e.g. /.minecraft-164maps/saves/) and then load that profile in order to play the map. Go ahead and extract the contents of the map pack you downloaded into the save folder. Note the name of the world. The name of the folder the world extracts to is the name that will appear in the Minecraft world menu. Loading the MapFire up Minecraft and navigate to your saved game by clicking on the Single Player button. There you’ll find the map you just dumped in the save folder labeled “Mountain Sky Village.” Note: The red text in the name of this map is a flourish added by the mapmaker and isn’t an indicator added by Minecraft to indicate the map is downloaded or different. Click on the map and select “Play Selected World” to load it like a regular game map. All the campers experienced flow this week as time flew by. One camper told me this morning " I can't believe how fast this went, it felt like 2 days." It flew by for me as well. I think that's the common theme among all the camps. We've collaborated while learning science, technology, engineering and math. Take a look at the pictures from the week below. We had such a great time and I look forward to seeing everyone again. Don't forget to email me if you're interested in Learn to Mod or anything else we worked on this week. cscottsy@gmail.com -Chris Day 1 started with an introduction camp, the Officially Amazing Minecrafter Camp Booklet and the Survival Challenge. Once we got all the basics out of the way we opened up 3 servers. A basic biome creative world, an incredibly cool survival world with all the biomes in less than 2000 blocks (thx Shane Asselstine) and the tutorial world.
It was a great start as we were able to find out what the campers enjoyed and their level of game play. After the basics we learned about redstone. Everyone worked on building a part of a theme park using redstone. Campers built incredible rollercoasters that would make the most iron stomached rider sick. After lunch we worked on a different creative world. We had a partially built city from the previous camp in San Jose and we took it to a new level. We added, changed and customized the homes. The campers designed, engineered and constructed buildings that would impress anyone. Rooftop pools, modern style beds, powered subway systems, adventure theme park to name a few of the features. All the campers received the 2015 Camp shirt at the end the day. Day 2: Today was a little different as we spent more time outside the game. One of the really important ideas I work to remind players is that we are all humans. It's easy to forget that there's a human behind the in-game avatar. To continue that human theme we collaborated to build the Marshmallow challenge. The kids were split into 5 groups and were tasked to build the tallest structure out of 20 uncooked spaghetti noodles, some tape and string. Take a look at the pictures for more on the Marshmallow challenge. We also jumped into command blocks. Command blocks are a great way to start kids with simple coding inside Minecraft. Campers were giving blocks, changing the weather, making game sounds and summoning creatures. Everyone was riveted by the power of simple commands. Camp Flew by!!!This was our first camp at Union Middle School and we were impressed. The campers were awesome and the school was great! Thanks to Janette and all the other UMS staffers who made it possible. San Jose camp was a 2 day camp with 20 kids and 5 teachers. John spent most of the time working directly with the teachers while Chris worked with the kids. We set up new challenges that the campers loved! You should have seen the smiles when we handed out all the Minecraft giveaways during the 2-day camp :) Designing a New Minecraft BlockThe campers really showed their Minecraft spirit by designing the ultimate block. We had new animals, lava chests, force field and a wild assortment of colorful blocks. Take a look at the pictures below: What we BuiltFun fun fun! Today's PlanWElcome to Minecraft CampWe started with the marshmallow challenge. It was challenging, but it helped all the campers get to know each other and learn about collaborative building. Many of the campers have little or no collaborative build experience (in minecraft). Collaborative building in the digital world is difficult for anyone, it took about 30 minutes of mild-chaos before all the campers settled into building the Pirate Ship group build. In the room you'll hear lots of "can we...?" the answer: Yes At minecraftercamp we love having fun, we just need to follow some basic rules like No Griefing Show your work Be excited for others Be helpful MarshMallow ChallengeWe enjoyed a special presentation from a group of performers here at Cascade Academy while eating our lunch. Today's Digital CreationsThe Daily ScheduleResources used today:
Redstone video by Adam Clarke: http://youtu.be/AXnbYrEbwHg We sure had fun yesterday....And even more today, keep reading to find out. During the introduction of the day... "Can we start building now?" -Koen. The teachers looked at each other and realized how great it is in class when we have our students excited to work. 1pm we started the Water World challenge, a collaborative survival map. Groups of 8 students and adults worked together to establish a society. About half-way through one group found the mineshaft and suddenly Anne Marie yelled "I FOUND DIAMONDS" others rushed over "WHERE, WHERE, WHERE?" The game is popping. All the adults found it amazing how much the students crafted in just 90 minutes in survival mode. Just before we started the Zombie Apocalypse we handed out the Minecraft awards to each camper. Awards like "Most likely to crash a server" "Most likely to encourage others to create" "Most likely to explore new Minecraft worlds" The much anticipated Zombie Apocalypse. 3pm everyone joined the server with the Renaissance city world. Everyone had about 8 minutes to arm themselves while in Creative mode. Then the count down, with shouts of "I'm not ready" "I need more time." It's an easy switch in MinecraftEDU to go from Creative to Survival Mode. Every player had diamond armor and weapons. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. All campers found a hiding place while John, Max (student and teacher camper) and I flew over the city raining zombies. The better players hid in deep holes, so the teachers teleported themselves to their holes and spawned a few zombies, cave spiders and bats (for added chaos). Players fought hard, most had to respawn and were yelling "I need armor" "I need a sword" At the very end we teleported all students to an auditorium while Max spawned a wither. For those of you who know what a wither is you know the destruction. For the rest of us, I can simply say the Zombie Apocalypse was over. John and I had a blast with the Cambria camp and look forward to sharing the power of Minecraft in your area. Contact us here Cambria Minecrafter Camp in 1min http://youtu.be/B-Lj5Oki8S4 Day 2 Resources: CommandBlockVideo:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWTKlfynSuo&list=PL41iJfA2iBPHyuNHpxsa80hJaXKvZDdWH&feature=share Redstone Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrbnQVKP9oc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rycGxdYuaR4 Day 2 ScheduleWElcome campers!The room is electric with Minecraft fun. Campers are already building their own survival camp. We've set up 2 servers -Chris' survival server and John's creative server. Check out Anne Marie's underwater house! She's digging a deep cave and crafting a comfortable living under the lake. So COOL! "That's crazy! I Love it! That's so cool!" -statement from an adult camper. In the slideshow below you'll see 7, 8 and 9 year olds building away. Koen (8yo) was unsatisfied with either servers so he created his own world and opened the LAN to his neighbors. Nolan is building a base with redstone dispenser base to protect his area. Love the creativity! "I need to keep mining to find diamonds!" -Monica "I love your lighthouse Anne Marie" -John. Anne Marie used pistons to disguise glowstone blocks to create a flashing light effect. Problem Solving. Problem Solving. Problem Solving. "Mr. Miller can you help me?" Students encounter problems and now suddenly we are all brainstorming ways to develop Minecraft solutions. Really powerful for all of us. "Go down the rainbow tube in the corner" during the creative build session as we slid down the rainbow water slide. After lunch we shared work from another camper we found impressive. We saw pixel art, water slides, monuments, underwater homes, submarines, tree houses with firework dispensers, massive water features, giant arrow dispensing robots and various colorful creations. "Can you teleport to mine, please" -student wanting to show off his work. A captive audienceResources we used today: minecraft.edtecworks.com minecraftercamp.com/resources Creative Build Slide Show: http://goo.gl/7uhGQJ Conversation with 8th Graders Video: http://youtu.be/3RzBJ3X2o_E Today's Schedule |
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