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Post-PSLE Minecraft Modding Bootcamps

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What is the Minecraft Modding program?

The Minecraft Modding program shifts the perspective of young gamers from being a player (i.e. consumer) to a Minecraft mod developer (i.e. creator). Each level of the program widens the learners' view as they gradually build knowledge, competency, and practical experience in:

Building mods on Minecraft with a text-based coding language
Coding with Javascript
Designing and implementing algorithms
The Minecraft Modding incremental curriculum ensures that fundamental coding

Computational Thinking concepts are gradually introduced and reinforced at every lesson.

What do students gain?

A tonne of new knowledge, useful skills, and thinking capacity. Specifically:

Understanding what coding is
Project design, storyboarding and development
Programming Javascript, a language used commonly on web and mobile apps (think GMail, -Facebook, Uber, many, many more)
Minecraft server administration
Minecraft modding
Understanding fundamental programming concepts
Applying concepts to design of Minecraft mod
Coding a game within Minecraft and other intangible technical knowledge, engineering mindset and personal values

Minecraft coding pack

Participants will receive a coding pack with course workbook, related reading materials and items. Participants earn themselves a certificate upon graduation.

Minimum Requirements

Comfortable operating the computer and saving files.

Laptops

All participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops. This is so that students are able to practice and complete optional coding challenges at home. Recommended laptop specification: Windows 7 / 8 / 10, Mac OS X or Linux, with at least 4 GB RAM.
If you do not have a personal laptop, LCCL Coding Academy provides laptops for use at the school. Please indicate your laptop needs during registration.

Who is this for?

8 – 11 year-olds who are graduates of Game Programming I, II & III
12 - 15 year-olds who are beginners to coding, with zero or little coding experience.

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