Minecraft Education

2020 has had its ups and downs for sure, but in spite of all the challenges facing educators and students, incredible things have been happening around the world.

This October, we launched the first-ever Minecraft Education Global Build Championship. This worldwide challenge invited students to imagine places where humans and animals could safely and happily coexist. Learners could design a school, home, workplace, or public space and select one of five biomes.

ISTE20 Live is fully virtual this year, and we’ll be right there to help educators explore ways to use Minecraft: Education Edition to support student learning across the curriculum—whether you’re teaching online or in person.

Artificial intelligence is an exciting horizon in the world of computer science, empowering technology to advance in ways never before possible. The implications of AI will reach into every sector of society, from government to entertainment, from business to environmental protection.

NAIDOC week is Australia’s largest celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

More than 1,000 students from 31 schools participated in the first national NAIDOC Minecraft Education Challenge in Australia.

With the arrival of our new Hour of Code: A Minecraft Tale of Two Villages, it’s the perfect time to start exploring computer science with your students.

Begin or continue your computer science journey with this year’s new Hour of Code lesson: A Minecraft Tale of Two Villages! Students will be challenged to bring two villages together with the power of code, learning and practicing inclusion and empathy along the way.

Since March of this year, we’ve been hearing from our global community about the shift to remote and hybrid education models at schools around the world.

It’s a crucial moment in the ongoing movement for social justice. More and more, calls for fair and equal participation in society are ringing out around the world.

As the anniversary of the end of the First World War approaches, we’ve partnered with Phygital Labs on a new Minecraft world and a series of lessons designed to help learners understand and experience this massive conflict.

A few months ago, students in China started a new learning journey with the Minecraft: Education Edition China Summer Camp.