Seymour Island

A multiplayer introduction to coding in Minecraft Education Edition.

This 2-3 hour activity will bring a class of students on a coding adventure. Initially beginning on the high seas, with Captain Papert, the students will eventually find themselves shipwrecked on Seymour Island. After sneaking into the town (through the town sewers), students find themselves tasked with fixing a number of issues that have arisen around the town. These 8 tasks range from basic agent movement, to conditionals and loops, with students receiving a point on the leaderboard for each completed. The tasks are available to students in MakeCode Blocks or Azure Notebooks Python, with some tasks also requiring them to collaborate with other students.

After the major success of the world, Microsoft commissioned an upgraded version using Azure Notebooks Python in August 2021.

The lesson can be downloaded from the Minecraft Education Edition world library.

• Date: June 2020, August 2021
• Client: Microsoft / Mojang
• Category: Minecraft Education Edition
• Source: Github

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Notebooks Tutorials

A collection of tutorials for the new Python Notebooks editor within Minecraft Education Edition.

A collection of 18 tutorials for the Minecraft Education Edition Notebooks Python code editor. These tutorials, initially based off a set created for the Makecode platform, took significant work to translate over to this new platform.
They are now used every day by thousands of students across the world.

• Date: June 2020
• Client: Microsoft / Mojang
• Category: Minecraft Education Edition
• Source: Github

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Python Islands

A collection of 7 lessons teaching a full introduction to Python coding.

Welcome to the Kingdom of the Floating Islands. This mystical kingdom floats high above the world below. Throughout this collection of 6 lessons, students will learn the basics of Python, through a series of themed tasks in each world. Completing these tasks will allow the kingdom to develop further technologically. Aimed at KS3 students, these lessons cover everything from input/outputs, to conditional statements, loops and right up to lists.

In August 2021, Microsoft commissioned an extension to Python Islands with a new Island 7 to go alongside the new Reference Guide.

The worlds can be downloaded from the links below

• Island 1
• Island 2
• Island 3
• Island 4
• Island 5
• Island 6
• Island 6

• Date: June 2020 - October 2020, August 2021
• Client: Minecraft / Mojang
• Category: Minecraft Education Edition
• Source: Github

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Python Reference Guide

An extensive guide covering all commands available within the Azure Notebooks Python API.

This extensive guide covers the full range of commands available to students within the Azure Notebooks Python API, within Minecraft Education Edition.
Each command includes one or multiple examples that students can easily run within the game, along with detailed explanations of the available parameters.

The Reference Guide was developed to allow students to take Python in Minecraft further, to give them the tools to create their own complex programs.

Alongside the Reference Guide, Python Islands 7 was added with 6 new activities that are written in such a way as to encourage students to make use of the reference guide in developing their solutions.

The reference guide can be accessed here - https://aka.ms/pyguide

• Date: July 2021 - September 2021
• Client: Microsoft / Mojang
• Category: Minecraft Education Edition

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Python Professional Development

An detailed course of professional development materials to support teachers in delivering Minecraft Education Edition based Python activities in their classrooms.

This major new course provides educators with the needed professional development to deliver Python based content within their classrooms. The 2 part Microsoft Learn course and 1-2 in person training course materials are designed to bring a complete beginner in using Python within Minecraft right up to a confident expert.
The courses include 7 professionally produced videos and covers everything from Python Islands / Python 101 and Seymour Island, right up to the Python Tutorials and Reference Guide.

The 2 courses can be accessed below

• Begin Python coding in Minecraft with MakeCode and Azure Notebooks - Link
• Build programs using Python coding in Minecraft with Azure Notebooks - Link

• Date: March 2022 - June 2022
• Client: Microsoft / Mojang
• Category: Minecraft Education Edition

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