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Jan 24, 2020 · Minecraft innovates by combining video games’ rush of dopamine delivery with a real opportunity to learn several different digital skills—and teachers can wield Minecraft as a rare multitool. It’s an activity students will benefit from in myriad ways, but they’ll also ask to play.
Minecraft Education is a special version of the game developed specifically for educational use. This version adds features and controls for classrooms, specialty blocks and communication tools, and a tutorial for first-time educator use.
- Reading
- Writing
- Problem Solving
Game playing develops reading skills. Games skip the grammar and punctuation that lots of students struggle with and concentrate on comprehension. The real reason we read is to learn, experience new adventures, find out what’s over the next horizon. The only reason few teachers use game-playing for reading comprehension is they haven’t thought of i...
In my classes, students must start Minecraft by answering a series of questions I pose. I give them ‘a few’ game sessions to come up with the following about the world they are creating: 1. What is the story behind what you’re building?Minecraft doesn’t have a plot so the storyline must come from the players’ imagination. How students answer this q...
Because Minecraft is not story-based, everything that happens requires a decision on the player’s part. How well-thought out those decisions are affects what happens next. This is great motivation for critical thinking and problem solving. Of all Minecraft’s educational strengths, this may be the greatest. Players start with nothing and must build ...
There is no limit to what students can learn in the game, and no limit to how the game can extend classroom learning. Checkout this blog post from teachers using Minecraft Education on Classroom management tips.
Jun 2, 2021 · As a teacher or parent, you can reinforce concepts that students are learning in the classroom by using a fun and engaging platform like Minecraft – one that many kids might already be familiar with. Yes, you read that correctly. You can use Minecraft as an educational tool!
May 14, 2019 · You can do a lot more with Minecraft: Education Edition in your classroom than you might realize. That’s why we’ve rounded up a special collection of “You Can” videos dedicated to helping you get the most out of Minecraft’s imaginative 3D worlds and standards-aligned lessons and curriculum.
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The way I see it, there are three ways to use Minecraft in the classroom – Creative, exploration, and survival mode. One often overlooked feature but an ‘easy win’ when using Minecraft in Education is survival mode.
