Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education (formerly Minecraft: Education Edition) is an educational edition of Minecraft specifically designed for classroom use. It is developed by Mojang Studios and and has features that make Minecraft easy to use in a classroom setting. The full game was released on November 1, 2016. There was a beta test between June 9 and November 1, 2016.
On August 20, 2018, Mojang announced that it would bring Minecraft Education to in Autumn 2018. Microsoft stated that licensed users would be able to play starting in September.What's New in EDU: Minecraft: Education Edition expands to iPad - August 20. 2018 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 . 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 compatible devices. The full game was released on Google Play for compatible ChromeOS devices on August 7, 2020.
In 2023, a preview for Minecraft Education Personal was made available to and devices in China by .
== Features ==
Minecraft Education is based on 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 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.
* + : 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.
* 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.
* and blocks: These blocks allow the educator (or a player with World Builder privileges) to place specific areas where players can or cannot build.
* 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 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 block.
* World builder is an ability that can be applied to a player to allow bypassing the functions of blocks and 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 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.
== 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 ===
The following chart shows the country availability and language availability for Minecraft Education.
Country/Region
Afghanistan
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonaire
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Curçao
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Israel
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Réunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vatican City
Vietnam
Virgin Islands of the United States
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Language availability
English (United States)
German
Spanish (Spain)
Spanish (Mexico)
French (Canada)
French (France)
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Turkish
Polish
Indonesian
Ukrainian
Greek
Bulgarian
Hungarian
Finnish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Slovak
Czech
Dutch
== Technical requirements ==
Minimum technical requirements (according to System Requirements – Minecraft Education):
=== Minimum software requirements ===
* Windows 10
* macOS Big Sur (11)
* ChromeOS 83
* Android Oreo (8.0)
* iOS 11
=== Minimum hardware requirements ===
==== Windows, macOS, & ChromeOS ====
* CPU: Intel Core i3-3210 3.2 GHz / AMD A8-7600 APU 3.1 GHz or equivalent
* RAM: 2 GB
* 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
* RAM: 1 GB
* 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 (5th gen) / iPad Air / iPad mini 2 / iPad Pro / iPod touch (6th gen)
== Video ==
== Gallery ==
Minecraft Education.svg|Minecraft Educationlogo
Minecraft Education icon.png|Minecraft Educationapp icon
Minecraft Education key art.webp|Minecraft Educationkey art
Education Poster.png|Poster showing several Minecraft Education features, such as cameras, photos, chalkboards, NPCs, agents and the code builder.
=== Education Edition (retired) ===
Education Edition.png|Minecraft: Education Edition logo
MCEE Microsoft Store icon.png|Minecraft: Education Edition Microsoft Storeapp icon
MCEE App Store icon.png|Minecraft: Education Edition Apple App Store app icon
MCEE Google Play icon.png|Minecraft: Education Edition Google Playapp icon
MCEE key art.jpg|Minecraft: Education Edition vertical key art
Minecraft Education Edition Key Art.jpg|Minecraft: Education Edition horizontal key art
File:Minecraft Education Google Play icon 2.png|Logo
== References ==
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