#MINECRAFT EDUCATION EDITION SERVERS TO JOIN 2021 MOD#
#MINECRAFT EDUCATION EDITION SERVERS TO JOIN 2021 CODE#

#MINECRAFT EDUCATION EDITION SERVERS TO JOIN 2021 CODE#

This reflects, in part, my recent question related to Bedrock servers and Code Connection. The problem lies in how it has been implemented - and the financial motivations that lurk behind the license model.

When Microsoft has been promoting Mystery Skype for years - a classroom-initiated activity in which teachers reach out and connect their students with classrooms all over the world (without any restrictions imposed by tenant) - the legal ramifications argument RE: Minecraft doesn't stand up to inspection. provided a much richer feature set even then (7 years ago) than we have now within M:EE.

#MINECRAFT EDUCATION EDITION SERVERS TO JOIN 2021 MOD#

The ability to complement the original Java mod with other Java-based mods like World Edit, DynMap, etc. Students might launch the client, but without the server present, they couldn't distract themselves with a self-hosted world. With the original Java-based #MinecraftEDU, it was possible to set up the clients such that they were only able to connect to ONE specific server:ġ) The server was live/accessible when it was time to work on our Minecraft work and I was supervising.Ģ) The serve was closed/inaccessible when we were focussing on other learning. As a long-time proponent/champion for the use of Minecraft, I've been especially conscious that leading the way brings along the extra responsibility of ensuring that care is taken in setting positive precedents.

In my 8+ years of using Minecraft with elementary-aged kids, I have always been very conscious of my responsibility as the educator for supervising my students when they are interacting through Minecraft. Bryan Sanders (archived) - The current tenant-based authentication removes the classroom teacher from the decision-making process as to who their students will interact with.ġ) the limitation on tenant means teachers can't support collaborative projects with students from another jurisdiction.Ģ) the symbol-based authentication leaves kids open to peer-to-peer host simply by sharing a code with anyone else on the tenant - it could be a friend in another classroom, another school, etc.ģ) there is no whitelist facility that allows a teacher to be directly responsible for which accounts access an M:EE world hosted from within their classroom.

Minecraft education edition servers to join 2021