{"id":34981,"date":"2023-06-21T15:05:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T22:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=34981"},"modified":"2023-11-02T09:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:41:32","slug":"start-coding-with-tynker-and-minecraft-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/start-coding-with-tynker-and-minecraft-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Coding with Tynker and Minecraft Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you use Minecraft Education <\/strong>in your classroom or afterschool group? It’s a special educational version of Minecraft that Microsoft makes available to educators and students. You might not have known it, but Tynker is embedded <\/strong>right inside of this product. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s explore how you can use Tynker’s block coding editors in Minecraft Education. You’ll write Minecraft Mods<\/strong>,<\/a> which can change the Minecraft rules \u2014 and deploy your own custom Minecraft Add-ons<\/strong>, which can totally change your Minecraft mobs and creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re an educator, your school or district might already have access to Minecraft Education. Talk with your IT specialist or Microsoft representative. Find more details about purchasing Microsoft Education edition at this page.<\/a> You may also hear “Minecraft Education” <\/strong>called “Minecraft: Education Edition<\/strong>” or even “MCEE<\/strong>” as a nickname. These refer to the same product. (The product was renamed by Microsoft in 2023.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip: <\/strong>Minecraft comes in many different “flavors” and varieties. Own a different version of Minecraft? If you already have Minecraft: Bedrock Edition installed, you can use all of Tynker’s modding capabilities with no additional purchase of Minecraft Education required<\/em>. In that case, follow our directions for modding Bedrock instead of the instructions at this article. Find free Bedrock tutorials here and in your Tynker Student Dashboard.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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