The media room at the Leominster Public Library exploded with excitement and chatter on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, when Thi Sarkis of the Rhode Island Computer Museum encouraged children to summon the Ender Dragon. Seventeen boys and girls, between the ages of eight and twelve, participated in a free two hour Coding with Minecraft Workshop where they were introduced to coding concepts using JavaScript. Minecraft is a wildly popular sandbox game, where players can create, explore and customize their own virtual worlds using building blocks.
Laptops were provided for use to each participant, many of which had no prior experience with Minecraft or coding. Students sat at tables in groups of four and were able to connect and play together on a secure server. Looking around the room you could see custom built houses, forts, castles, and skyscrapers. The kids learned how to change the weather to make it rain, to build giant rainbows and how to summon lightning bolts with a bow and arrow. The kids didn’t realize they were building on their creativity, collaboration and problem solving skills, they just knew they were having lots of fun. To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Comments are closed.
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AuthorWelcome! I'm Debbi and I'm so glad you're here! As a mom of two boys I found it difficult to find resources on STEM programs for my kids. I spent hours researching which resulted in my kids having some amazing STEM opportunities. I want to share information with other families. I try to focus on free or low-cost events so that opportunities are available to children no matter their family's income level. Archives
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