Minecraft - Adventures in Building and Playing

Course will be held on Citadel campus at The Climate Center Grimsley Hall126. Total cost is $25 for the 6 week course. For registration and further information check our http://go.Charleston.edu/CALL

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM – Minecraft – Adventures in Building and Playing Offered by Bob Irving

Course Description: Learners will be introduced to the best-selling game of all time: Minecraft. Often described as "digital legos" Minecraft is an immersive world where you can build anything you want explore fight monsters or create crazy machines. Your path is up to you -- you can be an explorer a builder a warrior an adventurer or an engineer. Or any combination of all these! Bob Irving is a seasoned instructor a Minecraft Global Mentor and has taught Minecraft in classes and run Minecraft clubs for over 10 years. If they do not already have access to Minecraft Learners will need to purchase a license for the game which costs about $30. It can run on Windows Mac iPads or iPhones.

Course Outline:

1. Intro to the game -- history. Basic play.

2. Biomes blocks and gamemodes.

3. Warrior builder engineer or something else? 4. Redstone -- Minecraft electricity.

5. Command blocks and code.

6. Celebration and presentation of projects.

Facilitator: Bob is a recently retired teacher with over 45 years’ experience a published author YouTube personality and Minecraft expert. He loves to help learners realize their own creative visions!

Link to Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/store/minecraft-java-bedrock-edition-pc

Host or Publisher Charleston Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL)