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Rhondda Powling

Minecraft Resources for Teachers on Flipboard | Flipboard - 2 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 29 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 29 Jul 15
     
    "The game Minecraft is an emerging way to teach and learn basic concepts of collaboration in the classroom. Minecraft rose to popularity due to elaborate pop culture recreations and the ability to explore other people's lands. With Minecraft, students can learn about survival, experience history digitally and create models of cells for biology class. If you are using Minecraft in your class, follow these magazines to get new ideas for your lesson plan."
Rhondda Powling

Is Minecraft Educational? - 3 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 13 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 13 Feb 15
     
    Post puts forward ideas (in simple terms) how Minecraft can be used in a variety of ways in primary schools. Could also work in junior secondary classes
Roland Gesthuizen

Educational building blocks: how Minecraft is used in classrooms - 9 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 09 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Class begins with the students away from the game, as Levin explains the goals for the day. Then they go to work, often in pre-built worlds created by Levin which feature specific tasks to accomplish or puzzles to solve. But they always need to work together.
  • Levin actually views these negative behaviors as a positive aspect of the lesson, and will often stop the game to address these concerns. He sees it as a way to help shape the way his students behave in an online environment, showing them the importance of acting in a responsible and considerate manner.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 09 Apr 11
     
    "With its open-ended nature and robust creation tools, Minecraft has been used to create some amazing things. And as one teacher learned, those very same elements that make the game so compelling also make it a great educational tool.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 09 Apr 11
     
    A fun game to try out, don't let the graphics distract or confuse you. This is easy to use, bigger and much more complicated than it first looks. Good learning potential.
John Pearce

Teachers Transform Commercial Video Game for Class Use | MindShift - 4 views

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shared by John Pearce on 21 May 12 - No Cached
  • John Pearce on 21 May 12
     
    A few months ago, two teachers, Santeri Koivisto and Joel Levin, decided to make the software more accessible and relevant to teachers. They joined forces to found MinecraftEdu and started offering discounted educator licenses to Minecraft. MinecraftEdu now offers a plug-in, which enables teachers to tailor the software to individual curriculum. And a fresh new wiki is dedicated to sharing ideas with topic suggestions such as "How To Use Redstone, (a fictional mineral) To Teach Electricity." Teachers can also work with others to co-develop lesson plans within the game software.
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