![]() I have blogged about their pro’s and cons before. I have a love/hate relationship with tools such as WorldEdit and MCEdit. ![]() Tools designed to make map creation easier and quicker for teachers. Being able to select a whole area and fill it with a certain block in order to build walls or place build allow blocks quickly avoided hours of flying backwards and forwards placing row upon row of blocks individually. The ability to place a block 50 blocks away from you rather than 5 meant less flying around positioning the camera and allowed an overview while building. Secondly build tools! One of the key features of MinecraftEdu was its own incorporated build tools. Suffice to say they are some of the most exciting things to emerge from the BETT2016 early demonstration build. I am going to leave the addition of the camera and portfolio tools for the next blog as these tie in more with the subject of that. So we can breathe a collective sigh of relief over this one. ![]() With the acquisition of MinecraftEdu by Microsoft it is fairly safe to say that these tools will be incorporated into the final release. The ability to freeze students in game, teleport them out of a cave when they get lost or protect areas from being altered whilst allowing creation in others cannot be underestimated. MinecraftEdu had a series of blocks, tools and settings that were invaluable to educators using Minecraft as a learning platform. So what are the implications for the new Education Edition of Minecraft?įirstly let’s think about controlling the mayhem of students running around in a Minecraft world. ![]() If you were an early adopter like me you will have come to grips with these things and learned ways to cut preparation time considerably while adding features that enrich the learning experience greatly. Custom NPC’s couldn’t be added to worlds, the MinecraftEdu tools and blocks would be gone and content creation and editing tools incompatible. With the use of the Windows 10 Edition (or Pocket Edition as it essentially is) of Minecraft as a platform, none of the old favourites would work. Some of the biggest concerns regarding Minecraft: Education Edition have surrounded the use of in game “mods”, managing the learning environment and creating content to use in lessons. ![]()
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