The Portuguese Safer Internet Centre is developing a Minecraft education world, where primary school children can explore and tackle fun challenges while learning more about internet safety.

This Minecraft world was designed as an educational tool for teaching basic internet safety concepts in schools, such as the importance of creating strong passwords and avoiding clicking on unknown links. Lesson plans and guides for using the game and the world are also being developed, allowing teachers to be aware of the possibilities of the world to be explored.

In addition, two-month Minecraft Education licenses will be made available to teachers* who express an interest in implementing the game in the classroom.

The Minecraft world is dedicated to cybersecurity was presented for the first time on Thursday, 21 November 2024, to teachers and other interested parties who attended the ‘Couch talk: Educational games and the future of learning: Gamification as a pedagogical tool’, organised by the Visionarium Association, which is responsible for developing this resource for the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre.

The official launch of the Cybersecurity Minecraft World is scheduled for 11 February 2025, the day we celebrate Safer Internet Day.
More information soon!

* Limited to existing stock

Find more information about the work of the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre, including its awareness raising, helpline, hotline, and youth participation services, or find similar information for other Safer Internet Centres throughout Europe.