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.
MinecraftEdu is the official version of Minecraft designed for teachers and students.
Minecraft is a sandbox construction game, inspired by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, created by Markus Persson. The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three dimensional environment.
There is so much educational potential using Minecraft. You can have students learn practically any subject at all by having them craft in the game – all it takes is just some creative instructional design thinking.
Lately, I have been researching ways to use Minecraft in the classroom for game based learning. Here is a rough outline of how I would introduce students to this amazing, educational game.
Teaching history using Minecraft, the new gaming sensation that has players exploring, mining and creating in an open, sandbox world.
Author is convinced Minecraft has spectacular educational value.
Minecraft is "a first-person, free to play indie PC/Mac game ... There are no characters and there is no story…. But within those narrow confines lies one of the most innovative and endlessly fascinating games in existence."
Minecraft has its fingers in a lot of different learning pies(!) Group work, collaborative projects, art, design, architecture, history, and geography to name but a few.
When this blogger heard that the Christchurch Cathedral (Canterbury, New Zealand) was going to be torn down, it seemed like a good time to test out his Minecraft building skills and rebuild it in an interactive digital form.
There is tons of info and videos online on how to set up general Minecraft server. This post addresses some specific concerns with if you want to set up a Minecraft server at a school.
Minecraft is a sandbox game where players can create and build, fight off enemies and explore vast landscapes. As is the nature of sandbox games, players can roam free, choosing objectives as they go. Because Minecraft has such open possibilities and potential, the teacher can choose how he or she wants to use it.
Craddock is one of the growing number of videogamers who are creating computing machines inside virtual worlds.
Take a look at how teacher Joel Levin uses the online game Minecraft to teach second-grade students how to work together and build little civilizations.