Minecraft and Team Building

Omar Saeed

Minecraft and Team Building

Working with Minecraft was a little difficult at beginning but after it got easy. What my group and I did was we made a big house. It took us about 2 to 3 class periods and we had fun building it. Minecraft can be used as a team building tool for many reasons. For example Jason and I got the equipment’s needed to build the house. Mason, Bernedette and Ernest were building the house. Minecraft also improves students communication skills too because they all have to communicate about the task. We were able to achieve our goals. The house looked very good. A lot of things can be improved, for example we could build up a bigger house next time with a really good design. I also think that there should be a leader in the team who can guide every team member what to do, because some people do not have enough experience playing Minecraft. The person that has the most experience in Minecraft should guide every member of the team on what to do. The grade 2’s also had similar task, they also had to build up a house. The only difference was that they were given an amount of equipment’s but we were given unlimited. Jason and I also had to kill chicken and cows for their meat so none of our teammate dies from hunger. I believe that we worked better than grade 2’s because we had good communication with each other and also we build a really good house. Some of us were inexperienced with Minecraft but we got helped from our group members.  By playing this game I believe that people will also not be shy to talk, because they have no other choice but to communicate if they need something. This game will also improve the student’s communication skills in many different ways. What my group and I have to improve is that we should make the design of the house first then build it. Minecraft also makes people think in many ways. Above is my reflection on how Minecraft can be used as a team building tool.