We’re writing with some exciting updates! We’ve just launched online after school courses in coding and game design in Minecraft, repackaged to accommodate busy after school schedules. We heard from many of you that you wanted more STEM learning in Minecraft for your kids, but you needed more flexibility in scheduling and more tailoring for […]
If you’re running a Minecraft program this fall, we have a few, cool activities for you to check out! We offer several activities run by expert counselors that your kids could participate in – all for free, on our safe, moderated Kid Club server. #1: Join Kid Club! Kid Club is great for 8-15 year […]
We recently launched our Online Mentoring program that offers a one-hour solo session with an expert counselor. So, what is learning to code one-on-one in Minecraft like? Let’s take a look. To be able to code in Minecraft, we use ComputerCraft which adds ‘turtles’ to a student’s Minecraft world. Then, the student can write instructions […]
This fall, we are launching new afterschool programs with Minecraft. Join us to level up your Minecraft skills with our expert counselors. Interested in continuing to level up your Minecraft experience? We’re offering new online courses where you can master coding, engineering with redstone, and survival mode in two-hour sessions that will take place once […]
This week, we check out how to build an adventure map. Adventure maps are a series of challenges and puzzles that players must conquer on the way to accomplishing a goal. Planning is an important part of designing an adventure map. You could create a simple list of what you want to include in the […]
For the second year in a row, the Richmond Collaborative partnered with Connected Camps to bring Minecraft to kids in the Richmond, California area. The Collaborative provides high quality learning experiences to kids in a predominantly low-income community where many lack access to computers and the internet. This summer, 48 kids between the ages of […]
A huge part of Minecraft is building. A lot of the time, it’s about building a structure just to survive. But other times, it’s about taking your creation to a whole other level. Let’s learn more about building extravagant structures from our counselor builder extraordinaire, Cherry Jung. Cherry Jung, known on our serves as VIVIDfiasco, […]
If you craft on our servers then you’ve probably run into ThatsSoPanda, also known as Amanda Morelli. Amanda really enjoys Minecraft. So much so that she used to be a camper and now she volunteers as a counselor for us. Let’s find out why she loves Connected Camps and Minecraft so much! Amanda is a […]
Last week, we kicked off our summer camps! Our campers knocked it out of the park! They designed and built so many amazing creations. Let’s check out some of the highlights. In Survival Mode camp, campers teamed up, boarded ships, and embarked on journeys to unknown worlds within Minecraft. Once they arrived in their new […]
This week marks the beginning of our summer camps! We’re holding several online summer camps, including Survival Mode, Architecture, Engineering with Redstone, and Beginning Coding. Let’s check out some of the activities campers have done this week. Survival Mode in Minecraft In Survival Mode in Minecraft camp, campers learn many of the basics of surviving, […]
