1. By Jessie Manis Minecraft Game Club Start Your Own

2. Starting Your Club Step One: Get Excited

3. Our Goal: Survive for One Night Watch out for: Monsters Starving Falling Drowning Poison Fire

4. Starting Your Club Step Two: Budget No Budget – Kids play with their own licenses – Use existing computers $200 to $400 – Purchase licenses – Use existing computers $5,000 and up – Purchase licenses – Purchase new computers

5. Starting Your Club Step Three: Time No Time – No supervision, no lesson plan Some Time – Supervision, no lesson plan Lots of Time – Supervision with lesson plan – Encourage strategic thinking

6. Starting Your Club Step Four: Work with I.T. Navigating firewalls Enabling download of java-based programs Giving permissions Setting up a server Internet speed

7. Starting Your Club Step Five: Choose Your Tech Licenses – Minecraft vs. MinecraftEDU Computers – Existing computers vs. new purchases – Keywords: Dedicated Graphics Card – I recommend: Asus Transformer ($350) Server – PC setup vs. dedicated server

8. Starting Your Club Step Six: Test and Practice Test server for “lag” Rehearse full session with I.T. Practice playing and Teacher Powers Become familiar with Minecraft wiki – (minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_Wiki)

9. Questions?