Hi Clare,
You are right in saying that , fundamentally, IT will need to be well embedded in the class that are using the Minecraft Education. In saying that, Students are pretty savvy with IT interfaces and i have found that those who are not so familiar with Minecraft Education soon learn the controls with practice. As you have said, the child-centered approach is so important to the design of an effective lesson in this. This will result in the students needing to collaborate and brainstorm ideas in order to complete the task.
