Use this checklist to keep track of your tasks during the Survivalcraft experience. Upon registering for Survivalcraft, you will be expected to:
- Assign students to read “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding.
- Download, install and test MinecraftEdu client software on student computers in advance, to ensure that students are able to begin the Survivalcraft experience on time. Make time to discuss technical issues with school IT staff to ensure that the client is working properly.
- Send a class roster to Dr. Lee Graham to be used for creating student usernames and passwords; students will also use these usernames to log into the MinecraftEdu client and their Wikispaces pages.
- Join the Google Community named “Survivalcraft”, an invitation will be sent to the email address that you on your registration form.
- Review the Survivalcraft Unit Plan and share implementation ideas, questions, and/or concerns through the Survivalcraft Google Community.
- Review the Survivalcraft Community Agreement with students; have students and their parents sign the agreement to indicate their consent.
- Create a Wikispaces home page for each participating class; you may choose to regularly update the page with instructions for students and to share highlights and progress from each class. Teachers should model and encourage collaboration in the wiki for students.
- Take the required Teacher Training online course on using MinecraftEdu teacher menu tools and review the “Survivalcraft: Lord of the Flies, A Guide For Teachers”.
- Finalize the schedule of when your students will be in the game over the three-week period; send this schedule to Dr. Lee Graham ([email protected]). You may review the schedule on the Google Calendar to see when other teachers and their students will be in the game; all times in the schedule are AKST.
- Create an area in the MinecraftEdu world for each participating class; place a border, teleport blocks, and other special blocks as needed.
- Monitor and manage students when they are logged into the MinecraftEdu world and enforce the Community Agreement as needed.
- Implement each scenario as provided and assess student work according to chosen standards, the relevant rubrics. Report assessment data to Dr. Lee Graham ([email protected]).
- Communicate issues, concerns, or questions to the Survivalcraft Google Group Community.
When your on the teacher responsibility page it ask to send information to Dr. Lee Graham, here email address is
[email protected]
[email protected]