In an immersive experience involving Minecraft Education’s game-based learning, we asked students in Wagga Wagga to explore a digital recreation of their neighbourhood and share their ideas for a future renewal.
The experience was designed to let the children have their say in their own way as they learned about the proposed renewal of the Tolland social housing estate.
As they stepped inside a virtual Tolland, the children worked together to explore the proposed road network and planned open space, and ‘build’ what they thought would make their own neighbourhood a great place to live.
Bringing big ideas to life
More than 200 students participated in the Minecraft activity and shared their ideas.
By involving our next generation of stakeholders in a way that interested them, the children were able to connect with their neighbourhood in a new and exciting way.
As active participants in the future planning of the place they live, the experience helped the children bring their big ideas to life.
This activity encouraged the students to consider:
- people’s different needs
- city planning
- types of housing
- shared public and social spaces
- the role of infrastructure
- places that bring people together
- facilities that support the community.
See this initiative come to life in our highlights video.
Our sincere thanks to the students and teachers of Red Hill Public School.