Petersburg school uses Minecraft video game in student led program

7th grade computer science students work on their Minecraft project. In the front row from (left-right): Sean Spigelmyre, Latham Johnson, and Evelyn Anderson. (Photo/Angela Denning)The video game Minecraft is being used in Petersburg’s 7th grade computer science class to teach students basic programming skills. It’s a student led program that has high schoolers designing the curriculum.
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To the adult eye it might look like these 7th graders are just playing a computer game.