Whether you need technical tips or great ideas to enhance learning, ask your students they'll be your most valuable resource. Math classes might use the game to learn about area and perimeter by creating a house, garden, and pool - and supplying the correct dimensions. In Social Studies, students could work in small groups and create an Iroquois village. Lessons are really only limited by your creativity. Use the game's best feature - the ability to communicate directly with students - to send messages to the whole class or to individuals as needed. Once in the game world, you can also teleport students who have roamed from the project or have gotten lost. When planning a lesson, be sure to take advantage of the teacher controls: You have the ability to select the type of biome and make changes within that biome, such as time and weather.
There's also a Minecraft Professional Learning Community. Here you can connect with other educators, submit and share lesson plans, save your favorite resources, participate in discussions, and earn badges. The Minecraft: Education Edition website offers lesson plans and downloadable worlds to help teachers integrate the game into the classroom.