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It's July. Term officially ended a few days ago and I've taken a couple of days off completely to recharge batteries before heading back into... Continue reading

Posted Jul 29, 2017 at | Digital - teacher | Education in a technological world

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Outran

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Reagle

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Soartooth

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Bothezat

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Bothezat

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Tocean

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Seagle

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Bulette

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Rocktopus

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Tardigrade

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Waterhog

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Bair

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Ayten

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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9. No Time Passed

Days seemed to pass, yet the children still didn’t feel any hunger pains. Nathaniel commented on their lack of appetite. “Hey guys, have you noticed we’ve been here for several days, and yet we’ve not thought about food” he said. “Oh yes. You’re right. That’s weird”, replied Ada. “I’ve not... Continue reading

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Beasts

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Shardik

Posted Jul 23, 2017 at Beasts

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8. Endings and Beginnings

The three children watched as the beasts continued to run from the erupting volcano. Nathaniel and Ada turned their heads to face the volcano. Lava began to run down the rocky side of the mountain looking like rivers of fire. The lava began to move rapidly towards the three children.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Beasts

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When you work together...

...it's amazing how quickly you can get something built. Which left enough time to get started on a few more terraces. Continue reading

Posted Jun 23, 2017 at MineCraftEdu

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Collaborative Construction

The new recruits to the Minecraft have been busy building their own properties in allocated plots of land. However, these buildings are now complete and the pupils have moved onto a new challenge. They logged in and met the teacher at an empty street. Empty that is, apart from a... Continue reading

Posted Jun 20, 2017 at MineCraftEdu

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7. And Then There Were Three

The children began to run in the same direction as the animals had, but they were finding it hard to breathe because of the dust the animals had kicked up. Ada coughed and slowed down. Jacob coughed too and stopped running. His left hand rested on his knee as he... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2017 at Beasts

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New Recruits

It's always good to start again, and a new team of 20 pupils have had their first session in the world. They had a play with the keys and getting used to moving (when they've only played MC using a console, it's a little different using a keyboard!), and then... Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2017 at MineCraftEdu

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Minor Changes

So after completing the project, we have since made two minor changes. (1) The Raspberry Pi we used has been replaced with a Raspberry Pi Zero (much smaller than the standard Pi), and the speakers have been replaced by a fitted 'Speaker pHat' that sits on top of the Pi... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2017 at STEAM @porchester

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Images on the cinema screen

With the pupils completing the cinema design, it's time to move onto a new project. Except that there is one more thing needed at the cinema - something on the screens. They are sitting there blank. What would be much better would be picture (or a movie playing - even... Continue reading

Posted Mar 19, 2017 at MineCraftEdu

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The World So Far...

Using the isometric view that MCMap creates from MineCraft data, (as mentioned in a previous post) I've created a view of the World created so far by pupils over the past few years. Seeing it like this, it suddenly becomes apparent just how much creativity there has been. Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2017 at MineCraftEdu

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Tidying up, and a return to old work

This week the pupils completed their Palace design. They placed a two block high wooden fence on the roof to add an effect that worked perfectly as the final touch. As they had a little time left after completing this, they returned to the cinema design (they started this long... Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2017 at MineCraftEdu

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