Minecraft Story Maps
Today Room six completed a reading "follow-up Activity". As part of
their reading rotation they were required to create a story map of an
event or particular action of their text. Instead of completing the task
by drawing a map into their work books, they created the map using
minecraft.
The reading groups had to decide on which event or action they wanted to
create collectively. They then had to locate information from the text
that stated specific what features of the setting that they would have
to include in their mincraft build. Once that was completed, they had to
sketch their design before starting their build. Each group member had
an opportunity to participate on the minecraft build and once they were
completed they took screen shots of it. These screen shots were uploaded
from the camera roll on their ipad and onto "Book Creator". Once on
Book Creator, the students had to write their own explanation as to what
the screen shots were and how they related to the text.
It was an amazing experience to witness everybody in the class fully
engaged in their activity, collaborating with each other and sharing
ideas and knowledge. The quality of work was outstanding and all
students completed their activity; something that does not always
happen. What follows is examples of the students fabulous work.
