Minecraft Education

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Minecraft Education (formerly and still commonly known as Minecraft: Education Edition) is an educational version of Bedrock Edition specifically designed for classroom use. It is developed by Mojang Studios and Xbox Game Studios and has features that make Minecraft easy to use in a classroom setting. The game was announced on January 19, 2016,^[7] and fully released on November 1, 2016.^[3] There was a beta test between June 9 and November 1, 2016.^{[citation needed]}

On August 20, 2018, Mojang Studios announced that it would bring Minecraft Education to iPad in Autumn 2018.^[8] Microsoft stated that licensed users would be able to play starting in September.^[9] It was released to the App Store on September 6, 2018.

On March 27, 2019, it was announced that Minecraft Education in mainland China would be operated by JD.com.^[10] In January 2022, operation by JD.com came to an end. In August 2023, a subsidiary of NetEase, Youdao, reacquired rights to Minecraft Education in mainland China, and introduced Minecraft Education Personal, including a preview for Minecraft Education Personal for Android and Windows devices.^[11] Operations of Minecraft Education Personal shut down in August 2024.

On June 26, 2020, an Education Edition Public Beta was made available to Google Play compatible ChromeOS devices. The full game was released on Google Play for compatible ChromeOS devices on August 7, 2020.^[12]

Minecraft Education is based on Bedrock Edition.^[13] Minecraft Education has many features that makes Minecraft more accessible and effective in a classroom setting. These features include:

• Classroom collaboration: Minecraft Education has no limit to how many students can join a server, allowing the whole class to join one server to collaborate.
• Non-player characters: An educator may create an NPC to act as a guide for students in the game. They can provide instructions or more information, and allow educators to insert an active web link to additional references.
• Camera + portfolio: The camera and portfolio features allow students to take screenshots of their work and document the development of their projects.
• Chalkboards: Creators can use chalkboards to communicate learning goals, provide additional information, and give explicit instructions within the game. Chalkboards come in three different sizes – 1×1, 2×1, and 3×2.
• Tutorial world: For educators or students new to Minecraft, a tutorial world is available that guides players on in-game navigation, crafting, and placing or breaking blocks.
• Allow and deny blocks: These blocks allow the educator (or a player with World Builder privileges) to place specific areas where players can or cannot build.
• Border blocks: These blocks prevent players from entering or leaving a specific area. The range of influence extends the full range of the Y coordinate from wherever the block is placed on the X & Z coordinates. Note: These blocks can be bypassed using ender pearls or chorus fruit.
• Classroom mode: This is a complimentary program to Minecraft Education and allows educators a master view of the map (including the locations of all players), to communicate with players via chat (and monitor the chat), and turn off/on some world settings.
• Code builder and the Agent: A complimentary program to Minecraft Education that allows students to write code in a code editor and the Agent then executes the code in the program.
• The /ability command: Allows the player to modify permissions of players such as the World Builder permission, which allows players to build. MayFly allows the player to enable/disable fly in all game modes, and mute allows the player to mute another player. Abilities are similar to gamerules, except they apply to a player rather than the entire world.
• The Immutable World gamerule: A rule that prevents any players who are not creators (or who don't have World Builder permissions) from breaking or placing any blocks unless they are on top of an allow block.

• Exclusive items and blocks, such as ice bombs, underwater TNT, and underwater torches. These exclusive items are made with the Chemistry Set, which are located in the Creative menu.

Lesson plans through Minecraft Education are available to download and are split between certain age groups and various subjects such as history, visual arts, and gaming. Additionally, educators can upload lesson plans that they have created for others to use from the main website.

Accredited Academic Institutions can purchase licenses at USD$5.04 (USD$4.99 on the Apple App Store) per user per year to use,^[14] depending on school size and if qualifications for volume licensing are met. Volume pricing for school-wide deployments and large-scale academic institutions is also available to schools who work with a partner.

Users not part of an official educational institution can buy a Commercial License for $36 per user per year, and it is also offered for a monthly price of $3 per user per month.

The Microsoft 365 Education A3 and Microsoft 365 Education A5 plans for schools also include Minecraft Education for free^[15]. Students with a school-issued email address on either plan can log in to and play Minecraft Education. It is also included on a per-device basis in Microsoft 365 Education A1.

It was announced on May 2, 2017, that schools and educational institutions that purchase new Windows 10 devices receive a free year of Minecraft Education.^[16]

In order to be eligible to purchase Minecraft Education, a player must meet the following requirements:^[17]

• An eligible educator must be a full-time or part-time faculty or staff member at an academic institution and have a school-specific email address provided by the school that can receive external email.
• An eligible district or school must be a qualified education user, defined as an accredited institution organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of teaching its enrolled students.
• An eligible public library must provide general library services without charge to all residents of a given community, district, or region.
• An eligible public museum must be an agency or institution organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes and utilize a professional staff to exhibit tangible objects to the public on a regular basis.
• Finally, an eligible home-school program must provide K-12 education to a student or students with written proof that it either belongs to a nationally recognized home-schooling organization or is expressly recognized by a local school district as an acceptable alternative to an accredited or state-recognized/approved educational institution.

The following lists show the country availability and language availability for Minecraft Education.

Minimum technical requirements (according to System Requirements – Minecraft Education):

• Windows 10/11
• macOS Monterey (12)
• Chrome OS 114
• Android Oreo (8.0)
• iOS 13 / iPadOS 13

• This is the only official release of Minecraft derived from Bedrock Edition for macOS not for the official port Bedrock Edition for macOS.

• 👁 Minecraft Education logo
  
  Minecraft Education logo
• 👁 Minecraft Education Preview logo
  
  Minecraft Education Preview logo
• 👁 Minecraft Education app icon
  
  Minecraft Education app icon
• 👁 Minecraft Education Preview app icon
  
  Minecraft Education Preview app icon
• 👁 Minecraft Education key art
  
  Minecraft Education key art
• 👁 Minecraft Education key art (Alt)
  
  Minecraft Education key art (Alt)
• 👁 Minecraft Education Demo Lesson menu screen.
  
  Minecraft Education Demo Lesson menu screen.
• 👁 Poster showing several Minecraft Education features, such as cameras, photos, chalkboards, NPCs, agents and the code builder.
  
  Poster showing several Minecraft Education features, such as cameras, photos, chalkboards, NPCs, agents and the code builder.

• 👁 Minecraft: Education Edition logo
  
  Minecraft: Education Edition logo
• 👁 Minecraft: Education Edition Microsoft Store app icon
  
  Minecraft: Education Edition Microsoft Store app icon
• 👁 Minecraft: Education Edition Apple App Store app icon
  
  Minecraft: Education Edition Apple App Store app icon
• 👁 Minecraft: Education Edition Google Play app icon
  
  Minecraft: Education Edition Google Play app icon
• 👁 Minecraft: Education Edition vertical key art
  
  Minecraft: Education Edition vertical key art
• 👁 Minecraft: Education Edition horizontal key art
  
  Minecraft: Education Edition horizontal key art
• 👁 Minecraft: Education Edition - China Edition horizontal key art
  
  Minecraft: Education Edition - China Edition horizontal key art
• 👁 Logo.
  
  Logo.

• 👁 An Agent on a farm.
  
  An Agent on a farm.
• 👁 Steve and Alex in a greenhouse
  
  Steve and Alex in a greenhouse
• 👁 The coding UI for an Agent
  
  The coding UI for an Agent
• 👁 Windmills
  
  Windmills
• 👁 A castle being built
  
  A castle being built
• 👁 A structure resembling Ancient Egyptian buildings
  
  A structure resembling Ancient Egyptian buildings
• 👁 A Goat standing on a block
  
  A Goat standing on a block

• 👁 An old Village
  
  An old Village
• 👁 Alex standing in front of a barn, with some NPCs and a Chalkboard in the background
  
  Alex standing in front of a barn, with some NPCs and a Chalkboard in the background
• 👁 An NPC and a Chalkboard in the Tutorial
  
  An NPC and a Chalkboard in the Tutorial
• 👁 Another view of the Tutorial
  
  Another view of the Tutorial
• 👁 The Tutorial, having been completed, causes an NPC to set off a Firework Rocket
  
  The Tutorial, having been completed, causes an NPC to set off a Firework Rocket
• 👁 An example of using Chalkboards and blocks to learn about fractions
  
  An example of using Chalkboards and blocks to learn about fractions
• 👁 A building that looks like a school
  
  A building that looks like a school
• 👁 Three Bees that are pollinating a farm
  
  Three Bees that are pollinating a farm

• 👁 Image
  
• 👁 Image
  
• 👁 Image
  
• 👁 Image
  

• 👁 The "General" tab.
  
  The "General" tab.
• 👁 The "Advanced" tab.
  
  The "Advanced" tab.
• 👁 The "Classroom" tab.
  
  The "Classroom" tab.
• 👁 The "Cloud Storage" tab.
  
  The "Cloud Storage" tab.
• 👁 The "Multiplayer" tab.
  
  The "Multiplayer" tab.
• 👁 The "Coding & Scripting" tab.
  
  The "Coding & Scripting" tab.
• 👁 The "Cheats" tab.
  
  The "Cheats" tab.
• 👁 The "Resource packs" tab.
  
  The "Resource packs" tab.
• 👁 The "Behavior packs" tab.
  
  The "Behavior packs" tab.

• 👁 The "General" tab.
  
  The "General" tab.
• 👁 The "Advanced" tab.
  
  The "Advanced" tab.
• 👁 The "Classroom" tab.
  
  The "Classroom" tab.
• 👁 The "Cloud Storage" tab.
  
  The "Cloud Storage" tab.
• 👁 The "Multiplayer" tab.
  
  The "Multiplayer" tab.
• 👁 The "Coding & Scripting" tab.
  
  The "Coding & Scripting" tab.
• 👁 The "Cheats" tab.
  
  The "Cheats" tab.
• 👁 The "Resource packs" tab.
  
  The "Resource packs" tab.
• 👁 The "Behavior packs" tab.
  
  The "Behavior packs" tab.