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"Minecraft Vocabulary - This is a list of words that are essential for a good Minecraft experience. We encourage you to contribute additional words, along with Minecraft context, and any tips for new players. "

"Minecraft Pocket Edition[2] is the mobile version of Minecraft developed by Aron Nieminen of Mojang AB. It was initially launched exclusively for the Xperia PLAY on the Android Market[3] for $6.99/£4.28/4.99€ on August 16, 2011, along with a free demo version. It was later released for other Android devices on the 7th of October 2011.[4] Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS devices was released on Thursday, the 17th of November 2011[5] on the iOS App Store, one day before the launch of Minecraft 1.0 at MineCon and currently costs $6.99 US. "

"Activities for learning Spanish using Minecraft Where ever possible, students speak Spanish while working on these activities. The Spanish language Minecraft tutorials are a good resource of Minecraft-specific vocabulary. "

"Tutorials From Minecraft Wiki Jump to: navigation, search New to Minecraft and don't know where to go and what to do? On this page, you will find a list of very useful articles that will help you through your journey in Minecraft. May it be surviving in the dark nights or building a Turing machine, there's probably an article here that will be of use to you! "

"Welcome to the Massively Minecraft Community for Educators You are invited to join Massively Minecraft, a professional community of educators preparing to explore a new game suitable for children as young as 4 years of age, yet expansible enough to still stir the imagination and interaction of late teens and adults."

"Some thoughts on setting up Minecraft at school A few people have been asking for some resources for Minecraft in education and I thought I'd post a few links here as well as a few reflections of my own."

Minecraft - Pocket Edition will be released for Android on Thursday the 29th! http://bit.ly/qry9Tt iOS coming eventually! Showing the touch controls on Minecraft - Pocket Edition. The art is still work in progress

"Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine. At night monsters come out, make sure to build a shelter before that happens."

"Here are some nice active community resources for discussing Minecraft. Please note that all of these are third-party and aren't hosted by us. We link them because they're great. "

"Minecraft: Building a Starting House (Minecraft Tutorial) My first Minecraft video on Machinima (link above) showed the basics of the game and how to survive your first night in a cave. This video shows you an alternate way to start: in your very own starter house!"

"This is part 1 of the tutorial on how to make YOUR OWN mods for Minecraft. You DO NOT need to have programming knowledge, but it helps. Also, this demonstration is on PC, but if you are a Mac user, it is the same concept. All you have to figure out are the OSX equivalents to what I am showing you in this tutorial!"

"Millénaire is a single-player mod for Minecraft. It aims to fill the "emptyness" of single-player worlds by adding NPC villages to it, with loose 11th-century Norman, North Indian and Mayans themes and additional cultures planned. Villages are populated with men, women and children of various kinds, who perform tasks such as trading with the player, expending current buildings or improving existing ones, cultivating crops such as wheat in Norman villages and rice in Indian ones, crafting tools and powerful amulets, etc. As the village expends, the number of villagers increases as couples have children who grow up into new adults."

"tutorial on how to make YOUR OWN mods for Minecraft. You DO NOT need to have programming knowledge, but it helps. Also, this demonstration is on PC, but if you are a Mac user, it is the same concept."

"Post Nuclear War Challenge "This challenge is essentially a post-apocalyptic scenario. The goal is to create the ultimate bunker for surviving the apocalypse. I searched the forums, but did not find such a challenge listed, so I thought I'd try and post one."

areas of interest include * basic skills - what every player needs to know - index, quick reference, why these * server settings, mods for educational gaming - controlling the setup and environment behaviors is important to direct learning "

good source of Minecraft information

Main discussion forums - wide range to Minecraft related topics, active, regular postings

" all the great forms of learning it engages. .. the educational virtues of the game's simple graphics, play/mechanics and sandbox maker-ness. I'd add: self-directed, autonomous, creative, metacognitive, social and experiential learning. That's right, the learning that already exists - not stuff you add to minecraft."

"destruction? Minecraft offers a wonderful assortment of dangerous elements to play and learn with. Like fire and lava. My favourite Minecraft Tutorial captures the beauty of learning with fire. "

"This is a picture of learning in action. It's what happens when you go off-road and really explore and test the limits of things and disaster becomes success. It's also the basis for meaningful, autonomous and open ended learning and play. And the starting point for EDGElab's exploration (and destruction) of Minecraft. "