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"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."

"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. "

"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. "

"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."

"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."

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.

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