Online toolkit hosted by Manaiakalani.
Very brief presentation on the Minecraft platform for Education.
I think that as far as Minecraft goes most of our students or anyone under the age of 20 are MILES ahead of any educator in creating, or modding in Minecraft.
One of the takeouts from this is to use shorter or finite build challenges in Minecraft, letting the students loose in a whole world with a range of possibilities is perhaps a way to enter into chaos.
Another takeout would be to make the Minecraft activity a topic specific or curriculum linked activity so that the learning is linked to specific outcomes.
Challenges in specific worlds is a good way to keep students in a specific world and can be a good way to encourage collaboration, there need to be specific rules around online behavior and etiquette.
Research around the benefits to students learning around the Minecraft Platform would be beneficial to fine tune educational opportunities. Another aspect is to encourage whanau to engage with his platform and to have a constructive dialogue about the positive outcomes for students from Minecraft Edu.
Papakura Central School Minercraft Club
Minecraft for Beginners - Louise Fox
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