Minecraft Club with Elvin
Minecraft Club!
Club meets on Fridays with a facilitator, kids can play together on the server anytime
1:00pm - 3:00pm PST /4:00 - 6:00pm ET
K-5th grade
Limited to 10 students
Requirements: Must have a Bedrock Minecraft account and be able to access Zoom.
(Bedrock is the standard edition)
With the recent pandemic, people have been confined to their homes and have been missing out on valuable social interactions. Applications like Zoom seek to remedy this, but something is still missing. There isn’t that level of connection with one another as there is in person. However, we can try to use a combination of things to help our club members feel connected.
Using Minecraft as our medium, our club members can have a virtual experience with their peers! One great example of such use is the creation of virtual graduations. In the past year, schools have been using Minecraft to host virtual graduations for their students. Although the experience isn’t entirely the same, we can use Minecraft to have our club members see each other inside the game and have them build valuable and meaningful connections with other campers.
This club seeks to encourage kids to bond with each other using a combination of Zoom and Minecraft. Campers will be able to see each other in person on Zoom and as their avatar on Minecraft. They will be participating in team based games and learn to work together to accomplish their goals. We will also be mixing it up with interactive, physical activities such as 20 questions, scavenger hunts, yoga and art to help the kids keep physically active and get to know each other better!
Our server can fit 10 kids and they are welcome to meet up during the week to play outside of regular club hours.
Club Sample Schedule
Club Introduction
Welcome to our Minecraft Club!
Rules and expectations
Treat other club members with respect.
Be polite to each other.
Listen when others are talking.
Have fun!
Have the club members prepare their Minecraft accounts and sign in
Need to invite each club member to the Realm
Make sure everybody is on the server
Welcome to Minecraft! Campfire and talk about rules
Repeat club rules
Additional rules for Minecraft
No stealing from one another
No PVP
Be nice to one another!
Have fun again!
Minecraft Scavenger Hunt!
Draw parallels to real life scavenger hunt
Pair up the kids into teams of 2 or more!
Have them bring various resources from around the game
Bring 2 red items
Bring 3 Minecraft foods
etc
Minecraft Obstacle course!
Break club members into 2 teams
Have club members take turns running through an obstacle course!
Can have 2-4 copies of the same course so club members can race each other
Others can cheer on the sidelines / throw snowballs to distract!
Closing
Hope everybody had tons of fun!
Reflect how we can work together and also have fun
Encourage club members to continue playing together on the server!
After party!
Club member can spend some time playing with other club members
Servers will shut down at 6pm PT/ 9pm ET
The time can change but this is set to prevent club members from playing too much
About the instructor
My name is Elvin J Lin, I recently graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. With my degree, I have seen the effects that the recent pandemic has had on society and want to try my best to help remedy any effects that may occur. As I plan to become a teacher in the future, I want to give children the opportunity to socially interact with one another as I believe these will transition into skills down the line and be helpful to their success.
I have been a gamer my whole life and Minecraft has been such a wonderful medium for artistic expression and social interactions. My own graduation was held through Minecraft and I was overjoyed that I was able to have a graduation, albeit virtually, during the pandemic. I’ve been inspired by those who have used games as a medium for real life events, which has been the inspiration for this camp! I’m looking forward to seeing everybody there and I hope everybody has tons of fun!