Explore Esports with New Minecraft: Education Edition Lessons and Teaching Guide

As educators look to engage students in new ways, enhance motivation, and keep learners connected during remote learning, one area microsoft closing stores that continues to grow in popularity is esports. Esports participation has skyrocketed in recent years, making it a popular choice for Support.Microsoft.Com/Help energizing learning in ways that support inclusivity for every student. The North America Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF), Microsoft edge virus which has esports clubs in schools across Microsoft Support Phone Number the United States, Canada, and Mexico, has published research indicating Microsoft Customer Service that students who participate in esports make significant gains in social-emotional learning through positive mentoring and student leadership. 

We’re excited to announce the launch of seven new Minecraft: Education Edition esports worlds with accompanying lesson plans and an educator framework created by Immersive Minds. In these “Make and Model” worlds, educators and students will have the opportunity to work together to compete, create, solve problems, and collaborate in fun head-to-head challenges. The esports lesson-pack for Minecraft: Education Edition includes seven maker worlds where students can take part in build battles and export their work to 3D printers, along with an Esports Educator Framework, your guide to scholastic esports with Minecraft: Education Edition

With varied settings from pirate ships to space to a magical garden, the “Make and Model” worlds promote organized and collaborative play as students microsoft closing stores team up to compete against the clock and build epic creations. To win, students must delegate jobs Microsoft Support Phone Number, communicate, evaluate their progress, and make quick strategic decisions. For example, the Pirate Cove lesson Support.Microsoft.Com/Help is set in an immersive pirate-themed Minecraft world where Microsoft edge virus students  Microsoft Customer Service develop creativity, decision-making, communication, Support.Microsoft.Com/Help and collaboration skills during team-based Minecraft build battles—a common gaming format in Minecraft, where competitors battle it out against the clock to construct a given object, person, or item. Students also practice visualization and 3D thinking, which are associated with success in STEM learning and careers. 

The Esports Educator Framework provides teachers with in-depth insights into esports in education. This resource has been compiled by Immersive Minds from diverse research into game-based learning and esports, discussions, and interviews with educators and researchers. These experts include Karl Ogland from Yrkesinstitutet Prakticum, who introduced esports into education in Finland, and James O’Hagan, Director of Digital and Virtual Learning from the Racine Unified School District in Wisconsin, USA. The framework supports educators Microsoft edge virus who want to use Minecraft: Education Edition with step-by-step playbooks and instructions for setup and gameplay for each lesson.

•  Enter an immersive pirate-themed world to take part in build competitions on the high seas. 
• Space Race: Students visit another world Microsoft edge virus as they compete Support.Microsoft.Com/Help in build battles set against the backdrop of space. 
• Gold Rush: Students travel back in time Microsoft Support Phone Number to a 19th-century Gold Rush town to compete in Microsoft Customer Service team-based builds in the Old West. 
• Busy Bees: Shrink your students down to the size of a bee, then set them loose in an enormous back yard for the battle of the buzz. 
• Binary Builders: Enter a gigantic computer  Microsoft edge virus where students Support.Microsoft.Com/Help compete in build battles amid a jungle of circuitry microsoft closing stores. 
• Splat Racers: A surreal fantasy racecourse is the Microsoft Customer Service setting for competitive builds. Set your students’ creativity free as they dream up fantastic imagery! 
• 3D Print: Students take their places inside Microsoft Support Phone Number giant 3D printers, then compete in build battles.