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Coding with Minecraft Modding

Age: 6 – 8
Skill Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Format: In Person Private Lessons | 1-on-1, On-campus
Duration: 14 lessons, 1 hour per lesson

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About This Topic

Modding in Minecraft is one of the best ways for students to learn computer science, allowing students to use their imagination to turn ideas into reality and create things that are not otherwise part of the game. Students will use both block-based and language-based coding to modify player abilities, create custom tools and mobs, design texture packs, and more. By creating programs from start to finish students “hack” the game to put their own twist on it. Minecraft helps a little JavaScript go a long way; with a game engine already built, students get to see their code affect gameplay using the same language system that runs over 3 million programs and devices.

You'll learn to:

Plan, design, and program powerful objects and special powers as in-game modifications
Understand programming concepts like conditional logic statements, variables, loops, and if-statements
Write simple lines of code while working up to more complex programs, while having fun doing it

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Fourteen hours of one on one private instruction or one complete course. Weekday or weekend appointments with a live instructor onsite at our facility. Once lessons begin, students meet routinely each week on set days and times for one or more hours per week consecutively until the course hours have been completed. Appointments are subject to availability.

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Waybright Academy, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“Waybright”) is offering a wide variety of technology and robotics related programs throughout the year, which program will include (without limitation) the activities set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Program”). We use one standard waiver for the many services we provide. The above minor child/children have elected to participate in the Program (collectively, “Participants”). The purpose of this Release and Waiver of Liability and Indemnity Agreement (this “Agreement”) is to establish an understanding between Waybright and the registering parent or legal guardian (“Parent”) of the Participants participating in the Program. Parent desires to have Participants participate in the Program, and Waybright is willing to permit Participants to participate in the Program, subject to Parent’s agreement to the terms and conditions contained herein. 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Activities in the Program may involve, but are not limited to, swimming; the use of a heated spa, electrically charged components, power tools, metal objects, cutting devices, chemicals, skin irritants, and heated tools; travel to and from events in automobiles driven by Waybright Parties and parents of other participants; and participation in competitions. 2) In consideration of Participants being permitted to participate in the Program, Parent (for himself/herself and his/her spouse, personal representatives, heirs, and family members and on behalf of Participants) hereby accepts notice of and knowingly and freely assumes sole and full responsibility for the risks (known and unknown) to Participants associated with Participants’ participation in the Program (even if such risks arise out of or result from the negligence of Waybright and/or its affiliates, owners, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, volunteers, counselors, teachers, representatives and agents (collectively with Waybright, the “Waybright Parties” and each, individually, an “Waybright Party”). 3) Parent hereby releases, waives, discharges, and covenants not to sue the Waybright Parties for any bodily or psychological injury to or death of Participants, or loss of or damage to any property of Parent or Participants which may result from Participants’ participation in the Program, even if such injury, death, loss or damage arose out of or resulted from any Waybright Party’s negligence. 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Exhibit A: Technology and Robotics Program Activities

LEGO and/or VEX robotics, Electronics disassembly and repair.
For special events, travel by automobiles or buses to and from activities. Yoga or other physical exercise.
Movie making, digital image editing, photography, and live filming. Internet use including sites such as YouTube and Google.
For Underwater Robots and Wearable Technology, building and/or assembling of electrically charged devices or creations involving the use of heated and/or cutting tools. For special events, swimming or use of the pool at The McDowell Mountain Community Center at 10607 E. Paradise Lane or East Queens Wreath Lane. Scottsdale, AZ 85255.
3D printing, object design and creation.
School break and summer break camps.
Birthday parties; Minecraft or Game related.
Attendance or participation in robotics competitions.
Other activities to be determined by Waybright.

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