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Minecraft Education

This app is for school and organizational use. minecraft education is a game-based platform that inspires creative, inclusive learning through play. explore blocky worlds that unlock new ways to tackle any subject or challenge. dive into subjects like reading, math, history, and coding with lessons and standardized curriculum designed for all types of learners. or explore and build together in creative open worlds. use it your way with hundreds of ready-to-teach lessons, creative challenges, and blank canvas worlds, there are lots of ways to make minecraft education work for your students. it’s easy to get started, no gaming experience necessary. prepare students for the future help learners develop key skills like problem solving, collaboration, digital citizenship, and critical thinking to help students them thrive now and in the future workplace. spark a passion for stem. game-based learning unlock creativity and deep learning with immersive content created with partners including bbc earth, nasa, and the nobel peace center. inspire students to engage in real-world topics with culturally relevant lessons and build challenges. key features  - multiplayer mode enables collaboration in-game across platforms, devices, and hybrid environments - code builder supports block-based coding, javascript, and python with intuitive interface and in-game execution - immersive reader helps players read and translate text  - camera and book & quill items allow documentation and export of in-game-creations - integration with microsoft teams and flipgrid supports assessment and teacher controls minecraft education licenses can be purchased with admin access to a microsoft 365 admin center account. talk to your tech lead for information on academic licensing. terms of use: the terms that apply to this download are the terms that were presented when you purchased your minecraft education subscription. privacy policy: https://aka.ms/privacy, 10/11/2017 11:46:09 pm, gameplay may be limited without purchase of a license. https://education.minecraft.net/eula https://educationstore.microsoft.com/en-us/store/details/product/9nblggh4r2r6.

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Minecraft Education is a game-based platform that inspires creative and inclusive learning through play. Explore blocky worlds that unlock new ways to tackle any subject or challenge. Dive into subjects like reading, math, history, and coding with lessons and standardized curriculum designed for all types of learners. Or explore and build together in creative open worlds.

Use it your way : with hundreds of ready-to-teach lessons, creative challenges, and blank canvas worlds, there are lots of ways to make Minecraft Education work for your students. It's easy to get started, no gaming experience necessary.

Prepare students for the future : learners develop key skills like problem solving, collaboration, digital citizenship, and critical thinking to help them thrive now and in the future workplace. Spark a passion for STEM.

Game based learning : unlock creativity and deep learning with immersive content created with partners including BBC Earth, NASA, and the Nobel Peace Center. Inspire students to engage in real-world topics, with culturally relevant lessons and build challenges. 

Minecraft Education key features

• Multiplayer mode enables collaboration in-game across platforms, devices, and hybrid environments 
• Code Builder supports block-based coding, JavaScript, and Python with intuitive interface and in-game execution 
• Immersive Reader helps players read and translate text 
• Camera and Book & Quill items allow documentation and export of in-game creations 
• Integration with Microsoft Teams and Flipgrid supports assessment and teacher controls 

Try or purchase Minecraft Education

Users in a Microsoft-verified academic organization with Microsoft 365 accounts have access to a free trial for Minecraft Education. This grants faculty accounts 25 free logins, and student accounts 10 free logins before a paid license is required to continue playing. Users in non-Microsoft-verified academic organizations have 10 free logins.

Organizations can purchase subscriptions directly in the  Microsoft 365 admin center , via volume licensing agreements, or through partner resellers.

When you sign up for a Minecraft Education trial, or purchase a subscription, Minecraft Education licenses are linked to your Microsoft Entra tenant. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra tenant:

• Microsoft-verified academic organizations can set up a free Office 365 Education subscription , which includes a Microsoft Entra tenant
• Non-Microsoft-verified academic organizations can set up a free Microsoft Entra tenant when they purchase Minecraft Education commercial licenses

Direct purchase

To purchase direct licenses:

• Go to https://education.minecraft.net/licensing
• Under Direct Purchase , select Buy Now
• Sign in to the Admin Center purchase page with an account that has Billing Admin privileges in your organization
• If necessary, fill in any requested organization or payment information
• Select the quantity of licenses you'd like to purchase and select Place Order
• After you've purchased licenses, you'll need to assign Minecraft Education licenses to your users

If you need more licenses for Minecraft Education, see Buy or remove subscription licenses .

Volume licensing

Qualified education institutions can purchase Minecraft Education licenses through their Microsoft channel partner. Schools need to be part of the Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) volume licensing program. Educational institutions should work with their channel partner to determine which Minecraft Education licensing offer is best for their institution. The process looks like this:

• Your channel partner will submit and process your volume license order
• Your licenses will show on Volume Licensing Service Center

Payment options

You can pay for Minecraft Education with a debit or credit card, or with an invoice.

Debit or credit cards

During the purchase, select Add a new payment method . Provide the information needed for your debit or credit card.

Invoices are a supported payment method for Minecraft Education. There are a few requirements:

• $500 invoice minimum for your initial purchase
• $15,000 invoice maximum (for all invoices within your organization)

To pay with an invoice:

• During the purchase, select Add a new payment method.
• Select the Invoice option, and provide the information needed for an invoice. The PO number item allows you to add a tracking number or info that is meaningful to your organization.

For more information about invoices and how to pay by invoice, see Payment options for your Microsoft subscription .

Assign Minecraft Education licenses

You can assign and manage Minecraft Education licenses from the Microsoft 365 admin center. You must be a Global , License , or User admin to assign licenses. For more information, see About Microsoft 365 admin roles .

• Go to https://admin.microsoft.com and sign in with an account that can assign licenses in your organization
• From the left-hand menu in Microsoft Admin Center, select Users
• From the Users list, select the users you want to add or remove for Minecraft Education access

If you add a faculty license, the user will be assigned a teacher role in the application and will have elevated permissions.

If you turn off this setting after students have been using Minecraft Education, they will have up to 30 more days to use Minecraft Education before they don't have access

For more information about license assignment, see Manage Licenses in the Admin Center .

Distribute Minecraft Education

There are different ways to install Minecraft Education on Windows devices. You can manually install the app on each device, or you can use a deployment tool to distribute the app to multiple devices. If you're using Microsoft Intune to manage your devices, follow these steps to deploy Minecraft Education:

• Go to the Microsoft Intune admin center
• Select Apps > Windows > Add
• Under App type , select Microsoft Store app (new) and choose Select
• Select Search the Microsoft Store app (new) and search for Minecraft Education
• Select the app and choose Select
• System means install for all users (recommended for most scenarios)
• User means only install for the targeted user or current user of a device
• Required means that Intune installs the app without user interaction
• Available enables Minecraft Education in the Company Portal, where users can install the app on-demand
• Select Next
• On the Review + Create screen, select Create

Intune will install Minecraft Education at the next device check-in, or will make it available in Company Portal for on-demand installs.

For more information how to deploy Minecraft Education, see:

• Windows installation guide
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• macOS installation guide

If you're having trouble installing the app, you can get more help on the Minecraft Education support page .

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THIS APP IS FOR SCHOOL AND ORGANIZATIONAL USE. Minecraft Education is a game-based platform that inspires creative, inclusive learning through play. Explore blocky worlds that unlock new ways to tackle any subject or challenge. Dive into subjects like reading, math, history, and coding with lessons and standardized curriculum designed for all types of learners. Or explore and build together in creative open worlds. USE IT YOUR WAY With hundreds of ready-to-teach lessons, creative challenges, and blank canvas worlds, there are lots of ways to make Minecraft Education work for your students. It’s easy to get started, no gaming experience necessary. PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE Help learners develop key key skills like problem solving, collaboration, digital citizenship, and critical thinking to help students them thrive now and in the future workplace. Spark a passion for STEM. GAME-BASED LEARNING Unlock creativity and deep learning with immersive content created with partners including BBC Earth, NASA, and the Nobel Peace Center. Inspire students to engage in real-world topics with culturally relevant lessons and build challenges. KEY FEATURES  - Multiplayer mode enables collaboration in-game across platforms, devices, and hybrid environments - Code Builder supports block-based coding, JavaScript, and Python with intuitive interface and in-game execution - Immersive Reader helps players read and translate text  - Camera and Book & Quill items allow documentation and export of in-game-creations - Integration with Microsoft Teams and Flipgrid supports assessment and teacher controls Minecraft Education licenses can be purchased with Admin access to a Microsoft 365 Admin Center account. Talk to your Tech Lead for information on academic licensing. Terms of use: The terms that apply to this download are the terms that were presented when you purchased your Minecraft Education subscription. If you subscribe to Minecraft Education via iTunes: Each Minecraft Education subscription lasts one year from date of purchase. The payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. If your subscription is set to auto-renew, your account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the subscription price option you previously selected. Turn off auto-renewal by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. If you cancel after your subscription has activated, your account will not be refunded for the remaining active period of the subscription. Privacy policy: https://aka.ms/privacy

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Minecraft education edition is a very good game but, whenever I try to join my sisters game it says unable to connect outdated server, overall Minecraft education edition is an awesome gameCan anybody figure out what’s wrong with mine Minecraft whenever I try to make my sister join my world is says unable to connect but it doesn’t say outdated server it’s probably because she’s using her Computer that the school gave her from 2020 maybe that’s why it says outdated server because there is no online school for my school anymore if you have any ideas on how to get us to join into the same server please help because it was mean a lot also it might be because i use my iPad to play it and she has the district computer so please help it would mean a lot because my sister has been waiting a long time to play with me she has been waiting a couple of hours because she had to find a charger and then she had to wait for it to charge and I don’t wanna leave my sister out where she can’t play but I can thank you for taking your time to read this message I really hope that one of you guys respond and if you have anything similar maybe we can help out each other have a nice day/night/evening

Minecraft educational is honestly the funnest way of education. My teachers let me play it, and I join my friends servers and we try and survive in the villages we find and one time me and my friends made a small house where we decided to spawn a ton of wolves. It was hilarious, one of my friends hit a wolf and they all started attacking. It was so fun and I can admit this has the great aspects of Minecraft, and it’s free. More then a normal Minecraft player can ask for. I also am glad that this is for schools, because in school there’s barely any computer games. When the cool games are accesible, you are usually prohibited from going there since the website is blocked and you will get into trouble. But this game, you are allowed to play it and for me it’s really easy to get into it. If any teacher or school employee come across this review, please let the kids play Minecraft educational mode, it’s a fun alternative way of learning, which will also excite the students. Even if this game has some issues, it’s better then a regular tacky ripoff school game, I appreciate that, respect that and am grateful for that. I can acknowledge that Minecraft Educational isn’t perfectly performing, but at least it brings more to the table then other school-access games. It improves learning and having fun in school so much. Well, this is the end of my review, have a good, day, night, or afternoon; I wish the best of luck to everyone reading this!

Good game, but slow to update…

I love this game. Been playing it since second grade, back in the days of the good ol’ Aquatic Update. I seen this game go through many changes. I’ve spent so many hours on this game, wether I’m testing and playing new Addons or working on a new project. But one thing I do have a problem with is the updates. See I was still in 1.16 when the 1.17 update was out, and by the time 1.18 rolled around, it finally updated. This is the same for 1.19. There is already snapshots for 1.20, but I’m always wondering when Minecraft: Education Edition is going to update. I don’t know why it takes so long. I’m no expert on making games or anything but if you have the files, you could just transfer it right? Or do you have to work on coding the mobs with all the different effects of all the Education Edition items? Either way, I just wish that when you released the updates for Bedrock and Java, you could also release it for Education Edition, because after all, it’s still a version of Minecraft. But overall, I don’t want you guys to take this review negatively, but the game is still very good. I enjoy playing this because it’s free.

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Minecraft Education (formerly Minecraft: Education Edition ) is an educational edition of Minecraft specifically designed for classroom use. It is developed by Mojang Studios and Xbox Game Studios and has features that make Minecraft easy to use in a classroom setting. The full game was released on November 1, 2016. [3] There was a beta test between June 9 and November 1, 2016.

On August 20, 2018, Mojang Studios announced that it would bring Minecraft Education to iPad in Autumn 2018. [6] Microsoft stated that licensed users would be able to play starting in September. [7] It was released to the App Store on September 6, 2018.

On March 27, 2019, it was announced that Minecraft Education in China would be operated by JD.com . [8] In January 2022, the website of Minecraft Education in China was closed, and the operation by JD.com came into an end.

On June 26, 2020, an Education Edition Public Beta was made available to Google Play compatible ChromeOS devices. The full game was released on Google Play for compatible ChromeOS devices on August 7, 2020. [9]

In 2023, a preview for Minecraft Education Personal was made available to Android and Windows devices in China by Youdao . [10]

• 2 Lesson plans
• 4.1 Availability
• 5.1 Minimum software requirements
• 5.2.1 Windows, macOS, & ChromeOS
• 5.2.2 Android
• 5.2.3 iOS & iPadOS
• 7.1 Education Edition
• 8 References

Features [ ]

Minecraft Education is based on Bedrock Edition [11] and contains features that make Minecraft more accessible and effective in a classroom setting, including:

• Easy classroom collaboration: Educators have told us that one of the greatest benefits of Minecraft Education is the ability for students to collaborate to build projects and solve problems. An entire classroom of up to 30 students can play in a world together with no separate server setup required. Students can also work together in pairs or groups simply by joining their classmates' world.
• Non-player characters: An educator may create an NPC to act as a guide for students in the game, giving instruction, providing more information, and also allowing educators to insert an active web link to additional references.
• Camera + portfolio : An important aspect of teaching with Minecraft is being able to collect evidence of learning in the game, and being able to track student progression. The camera and portfolio features allow students to take screenshots of their work and document the development of their projects.
• Chalkboard s : Creators can use chalkboards to communicate learning goals, provide additional information and give explicit instructions within the game. Chalkboards come in three different sizes – (1×1), (2×1), and (2×3).
• Tutorial world: For educators or students new to Minecraft , a tutorial world is available that guides players on in-game navigation, crafting, and placing or breaking blocks.
• Allow and deny blocks: These blocks allow the educator (or a player with World Builder privileges) to place specific areas where players can or cannot build.
• Border blocks: These blocks prevent players from entering or leaving a specific area. The range of influence extends the full range of the Y coordinate from wherever the block is placed on the x & z coordinate. It is the same shape as a cobblestone wall but with a smooth, red texture and red particle effects. Note: These blocks can be bypassed using ender pearls or chorus fruit.
• Classroom mode: This is a complimentary program to Minecraft Education and allows educators a master view of the map (including the locations of all players), communicate with players via chat (and monitor the chat), and turn off/on some world settings.
• Additional item hotbar: There is a smaller hotbar with three additional slots that can be enabled for players by the educator. This smaller hotbar rests to the right-side of the main hotbar and educators can populate this hotbar with items.
• Code builder and the agent : A complimentary program to Minecraft Education that allows students to write code in a code editor and The Agent then executes the code in the program. This was a newly announced feature and was implemented in 1.0.1.
• New / ability command allows the player to modify permissions of players such as the World Builder permission, MayFly allows the player to enable/disable fly in all game modes, and mute allows the player to mute another player. Abilities are similar to gamerules, except they apply to a player rather than the entire world.
• A new immutable World gamerule, if true it prevents any players who are not teachers (or who don't have worldbuilder permissions) from breaking or placing any blocks unless they are on top of an allow block.
• World builder is an ability that can be applied to a player to allow bypassing the functions of border blocks and deny blocks.

Lesson plans [ ]

Lesson plans through Minecraft Education are available to download and are split between certain age groups and various subjects such as history, visual arts, and gaming. Additionally, educators can upload lesson plans that they have created for others to use from the main website.

Pricing [ ]

The full game costs US$ 5.04 (US$4.99 on the Apple App Store) per user per year to use, depending on school size and if qualifications for volume licensing are met. Volume pricing for school-wide deployments and large-scale academic institutions is also planned. Schools and districts that already have MinecraftEdu can get Minecraft Education for free.

It was announced on May 2, 2017, that schools and educational institutions that purchase new Windows 10 devices receive a free year of Minecraft Education . [12]

Eligibility [ ]

In order to be eligible to purchase Minecraft Education , a player must meet the following requirements ( as seen on Tech Specs ):

• An eligible educator must be a full-time or part-time faculty or staff member at an academic institution and have a school-specific email address provided by the school that can receive external email.
• An eligible district or school must be a qualified education user, defined as an accredited institution organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of teaching its enrolled students.
• An eligible public library must provide general library services without charge to all residents of a given community, district, or region.
• An eligible public museum must be an agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes and utilize a professional staff to exhibit tangible objects to the public on a regular basis.
• Finally, an eligible home-school program must provide K-12 education to a student or students with written proof that it either belongs to a nationally recognized home-schooling organization or is expressly recognized by a local school district as an acceptable alternative to an accredited or state-recognized/approved educational institution.

Availability [ ]

Availability of Minecraft Education

The following chart shows the country availability and language availability for Minecraft Education .

Technical requirements [ ]

Minimum technical requirements (according to System Requirements – Minecraft Education ):

Minimum software requirements [ ]

• macOS Big Sur (11)
• ChromeOS 83
• Android Oreo (8.0)

Minimum hardware requirements [ ]

Windows, macos, & chromeos [ ].

• CPU: Intel Core i3-3210 3.2 GHz / AMD A8-7600 APU 3.1 GHz or equivalent
• GPU (Integrated): Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) or AMD Radeon R5 series (Kaveri line) with OpenGL 4.4
• GPU (Discrete): Nvidia GeForce 400 Series or AMD Radeon HD 7000 series with OpenGL 4.4
• HDD/SSD: Minimum of 1 GB for game core, maps, and other files

Android [ ]

• CPU: 32-bit or 64-bit
• Requires Android Oreo (8.0) or later
• SSD: Minimum of 1 GB for game core, maps, and other files
• Supported devices: Pixel (all models) / Most Android mobile devices

iOS & iPadOS [ ]

• iPhone 5S / iPhone SE / iPad (5 th gen) / iPad Air / iPad mini 2 / iPad Pro / iPod touch (6 th gen)

Gallery [ ]

Minecraft Education logo

Minecraft Education app icon

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Poster showing several Minecraft Education features, such as cameras , photos , chalkboards , NPCs , agents and the code builder .

Education Edition [ ]

Minecraft: Education Edition logo

Minecraft: Education Edition Microsoft Store app icon

Minecraft: Education Edition Apple App Store app icon

Minecraft: Education Edition Google Play app icon

Minecraft: Education Edition vertical key art

Minecraft: Education Edition horizontal key art

References [ ]

• ↑ "Minecon 2015 - Day Two" – Twitch.
• ↑ Xbox Game Studios § Subsidiaries
• ↑ a b "New intelligence: Education Edition arrives Nov 1!" by Marsh Davies – Mojang.com, September 22, 2016.
• ↑ a b c d e Minecraft Education – Apps on Google Play
• ↑ Minecraft Education on the App Store
• ↑ "Minecraft Education Now Available for iPad" – education.minecraft.net.
• ↑ What's New in EDU: Minecraft: Education Edition expands to iPad - August 20. 2018
• ↑ "JD Cloud lands exclusive rights to 'Minecraft: Education Edition' in China" by Nicole Jao – TechNode, March 28, 2019.
• ↑ "Minecraft Education for Chromebook" – education.minecraft.net.
• ↑ "Minecraft Education Personal - Official Website" – meec.meta.youdaozhixue.com.
• ↑ "We'll try at first to bring them back to PE/Win10 as that's a lot easier since it's the same codebase, but of course anything we bring back should make sense for PC as well!" – u/mojang_tommo on Reddit
• ↑ "Receive one-year subscription to @playcraftlearn when purchasing a new #Windows10 device through your school #MicrosoftEdu" – @MicrosoftEDU on X, May 2, 2017
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