Minecraft Education is game-based learning guaranteed to engage your students! AACPS has created individual build world templates allowing teachers to easily incorporate Minecraft into their daily instruction for groups of 24 or 40 students. Individual build worlds are like having a museum of student-built models and structures. Teachers have access to all student builds in one world. Great as no-cost, mess free alternative to traditional 3-D paper projects. Students have more freedom and space to express their creativity in this virtual world.
Get Started
Downloadable .mcworld files for:
Seeing Student Work
Students built in their own unique world:
Students will need to export the world and share it with you via Google or Brightspace.
- Importing a .MWorld File
Individual build worlds:
Open the world via Minecraft Education on your teacher device. *Note: The world is saved to the first device used to open it. E.G. teachers can not use their laptop at school and a different device at home.
Once in the world, type "/wb" to walk through barriers into student build spaces.
Using it with Brightspace
Minecraft Education is accessed through individual devices. You can use Brightspace Announcements to share the "Join Code" with students.
Students can submit their .MWorld file to a Brightspace assignment for you to download and import.
Maryland Digital Learning Standards
Knowledge Constructor
Students curate (select and evaluate) a variety of digital resources to constrict knowledge, produce creative artifacts to make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Creative communicator
Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
Computational thinker
Students develop processes and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technology.
Innovative designer
Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions.
Global Collaborator
Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
💡Instructional Inspiration
No Prep / Low Prep Minecraft Education Activities that teachers can use with students in all content areas; ready for student use in less than 10 minutes!
These editable Minecraft Task Cards for every grade level offer step-by-step direction for creating a variety of basic projects.
Kick off Minecraft in your classroom and discover lessons, resources and worlds from Code.org/minecraft.
ME AACPS Examples Explore student projects and see what AACPS students are creating in Minecraft!
Self Paced Courses
Learn at your own pace with one of our self-paced courses. All courses are for APC renewal credits (no stipend). Interested in taking a self-paced course?
NOTE: self-paced courses are often updated in the summer. If you cannot find the course currently published on Unified Talent, it may have been removed for updates.
The Minecraft Teacher Academy is a set of three one-hour, online courses that will teach you how to effectively incorporate Minecraft Education in your curriculum. Start your journey with our introductory course, Minecraft 101.