In this episode, we learn how Minecraft Education Edition was used for an online summer coding school for new year 7 students during lockdown, how year 8 students designed their school building to host an assembly and how it is used at Keystage 2 and 3 to develop 21st-century skills of problem-solving, skilled communication, collaboration etc. For more info, please visit www.edtechcubed.com

Guests

James Protheroe - assistant headteacher at Darran Park Primary School, South Wales. As a Microsoft Showcase School, the school has placed digital learning at the very heart of teaching and learning. This has included developing effective pupil digital leaders who have supported teachers and learners across Wales to develop effective approaches to teaching and learning with Microsoft tools. James is working with Minecraft and Welsh Government to develop Minecraft Learning Centres across Wales to train educators to integrate Minecraft: Education Edition to transform teaching and learning.

Tia Nasir - Undergraduate Computer Science Student at Royal Holloway, University of London. Previously a ’Digital Innovator’ at DLD College London, where Tia passed the Microsoft Technology Exam (Python) and helped to develop student digital voice. As a keen user of technology and programming, she has participated in several ’hackathons’, notably winning Deutsche Bank’s 24-Hour Global Hackathon in 2018 following her mentorship with ’STEMettes’. Recently, Tia devised and delivered a virtual course using Minecraft Education to introduce Python programming to an incoming cohort of Year 7 students.