Importing Worlds into Minecraft

Most students know how to create their own worlds in Minecraft. Some have also looked through the library of pre-made worlds and imported some of these worlds like Inspiration Island or Fantastic Mr. Fox. If you have never done this then you should have a read of the...

Creating with Scratch Junior

Younger students at St. Andrews love creating things with the Scratch Junior app. It is a free app available on most mobile platforms including iPad and Android devices. You can find the links to install this app on the Scratch Junior home page:...

Storytelling in Minecraft

There are some amazing worlds that people have spent weeks or months creating. It may be difficult to see the ‘educational’ value in creating such things, but when you think of the process of designing, creating, refining and often collaborating with many...

Brewerton Introduction

This is something I’ve been working on for a few months now. Some students may remember building shared houses in the starter town template towards the end of 2019 and unfortunately I lost that world when my laptop died after the end of term 1 this year. The...

Week 3

We have covered quite a lot in the first few weeks of term 2. This week I don’t want to introduce anything new, but allow students some time to continue working at their own pace through the puzzles. I know a few students have finished the Advanced Sequence...