Kano OS and Minecraft

[Chris Scott]

Hi all,

I'm really intrigued by Kano OS and Minecraft. It looks like they've created a Scratch environment to code Minecraft creations. Has anyone used it? Anyone order the Kano?

Kano was a Kick Starter project that basically sends you a Raspberry Pi and externals with their own OS. You can grab their OS and manuals at their site as most of us likely have Raspberry Pi's.

http://www.kano.me/downloads

Kano OS and Minecraft video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTjN_1GFsfk

[EduElfie]

My first thought was if it is running on Pi, it will be Pocket Edition (which it was) but wow, that interface is pretty cool, and very powerful. I wonder how many kids would 'get into' it and how many would feel like it was 'cheating' to build in MC that way. I unfortunately do not have a Pi, so if anyone has any further investigations please share your findings.

Elfie.

[Lisa Douthit]

I downloaded Kano a few weeks ago and also purchased a  Pi.  I too thought this looked really interesting and I think some of my younger students might really get into this.  Now I just need to dig in and learn.  It is my first Pi!  :^) -Lisa

[Chris Scott]

I'm still just playing around here and there with Kano. I think it would be a powerful way to connect minecraft with Scratch.

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