Monday Minecraft EDU Coding Lab Fall 2025

AI + Coding Concepts Through Interactive Learning

In this hands-on lab, students explore the fundamentals of artificial intelligence and coding through the immersive world of Minecraft Education. Lessons combine digital challenges with unplugged activities to help students understand how AI works and how it’s used in real life. As they build, code, and experiment, students strengthen their problem-solving and critical thinking skills while gaining a foundation in responsible and creative uses of AI technology.

Class Objectives:

1. Understand the basic principles of artificial intelligence, including how AI is used in everyday life.
2. Explore how AI systems process data to make decisions through hands-on activities and simulations.
3. Use block-based coding within Minecraft Education to create interactive challenges and build AI-inspired tools.
4. Develop problem-solving and computational thinking skills through guided design challenges and projects.
5. Identify the differences between human intelligence and artificial intelligence through unplugged and in-game experiences.
6. Create and test simple AI models that respond to in-game conditions or player actions.
7. Practice responsible and ethical thinking when designing with AI tools and technologies.
8. Collaborate with peers to design Minecraft environments that integrate both coding and AI elements in creative ways.

Class Stats:
Digital (Device Time): 80% 
Analog (Hands on): 20% 
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Type of Device Provided: iPad
Application: Minecraft Education
Coding: Block Based Coding (similar to Scratch)

Details:
Educator: TBD
Hours: 3-6pm
Dates: 9/8 – 1/19
No Classes: 10/13, 10/20, 12/29, 1/19
Ages: 6+
Available Seats: 8