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"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. "

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

"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. "

"CraftStudio is a multiplayer platform to create games and interactive movies. It's about empowering gamers and blurring the line between playing and creating. It makes a few trade-offs (a low-poly, pixel-arty look) to allow gamers with no particular experience to: Create, paint and animate 3D models (characters, objects) out of blocks. Craft infinite maps (think Minecraft's creative mode), painting your own blocks to create whatever universe you want. Give life to their worlds using a visual scripting system. It's all real-time, you can collaborate with friends or strangers over the Internet. You can set up your own server or join an existing project."

"The Colosseum is roughly elliptical in shape, with its long axis, oriented WSW-ESE, which measures 188m and the short one 156m." We learned that anything as tall, or taller, needs to be sunk below sea level."

This wiki is devoted to hosting ideas, lessons, implementation strategies and more related to using the game, Minecraft in a school setting Whether you use it in a computer/gaming club, as part of your regular curricular instruction, or even at home with your own children, Minecraft's simple yet scalable "sandbox" virtual environment can be an excellent tool for engaging student learning. The open-ended nature of the game lends it to application in a variety of subject areas. Game-based learning, virtual worlds, and simulations are emerging tools for reaching our learners.

" 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."

"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!"

"The explorers journal could take the form of an offline, paper and pencil notebook/log folder or online blog. The journal will have two kinds of entries: thematic and personal: "

"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. "

"Gever Tulley's 50 Dangerous Things approach to learning through experimentation - and danger! "