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We all know the game Minecraft as just that- a game. But some teachers are taking it a step forward and using it in the classroom as a teaching tool. Whether it's building ancient roman villages or replicating tall skyscrapers, Minecraft is definitely taking teaching to a whole new level.
More and more teachers are using Minecraft now, and there's even a website for getting your school Minecraft, minecraftedu.com. Who knows whether Minecraft will end up just as a game to play in your spare time, or something you have to do for homework (Gosh, wouldn't that be fun!), but either way, it will and already is revolutionizing the video game field and what we think of them.
We all know the game Minecraft as just that- a game. But some teachers are taking it a step forward and using it in the classroom as a teaching tool. Whether it's building ancient roman villages or replicating tall skyscrapers, Minecraft is definitely taking teaching to a whole new level.
More and more teachers are using Minecraft now, and there's even a website for getting your school Minecraft, minecraftedu.com. Who knows whether Minecraft will end up just as a game to play in your spare time, or something you have to do for homework (Gosh, wouldn't that be fun!), but either way, it will and already is revolutionizing the video game field and what we think of them.
I've actually used Minecraftedu for learning purposes. We created a scale model of the building we were in and competed against multiple other teams. It was a great experience, but by the end of the week nobody wanted to play Minecraft anymore.
ReplyDelete"By the end of the week, nobody wanted to play Minecraft anymore"
ReplyDeleteI've has to use this to teach classmates about topics... (the teacher gave me minecraftedu to me and was like "here use this- make people learn!")
ReplyDelete"I'm going to learn you guys today!"
ReplyDeleteNow if only my teachers would stop making us use Google Sketchup. It's a great program but half the idiots in my tech class have no idea how to use it.
ReplyDeleteThis still doesn't make sense.... I've been staring at it for 15 minutes....
ReplyDeletedo you mean teach? instead of learn?
confused.....
I feel the same way! Our school uses it and half the class I'm running around telling people how to make a cube, or draw a line, or remove the axis, or whatever.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm glad someone else knows how it feels! :D
same here
ReplyDeletei wish my school would get it and make it a class you have to apply for only
ReplyDeleteor even let me teach it!!
ReplyDeleteOMG
ReplyDeletei look at this
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I'm bringing it back guys!
Anybody here when me and Honeydewmelon56 were the top commenters? (We still are BTW) we had comment sessions and arguments going forever- many posts reached at least 70 comments, some even 100!
it was a joke
ReplyDeletelet see if we can get it to 1337 or 77
ReplyDelete77 for docm77
ReplyDeleteWhat are the chances of someone getting their article posted?
ReplyDeleteMy god, 15 comments already!?
ReplyDeleteCrap, now 17!
ReplyDeleteWell, as of this 16!
ReplyDeleteIt's gonna be 19 right?
ReplyDeletethat is the best idea EVER
ReplyDeleteYeah Corbin- I'm wondering if I should enter...
ReplyDeleteMy Tech teacher used Minecraft during a summer program to build a scale model of our school. We had kids out measuring the school and doing the math to find how many feet per block and even finding details about it. Now, as after "Lego Club" is gearing up towards FLL (First Lego League, In which we use Lego pieces to build robots to perform challenges on the playing field.), we are using Minecraft to make and record a virtual flash flood (related to the theme of the FLL this year.). For more info on FLL, I will try to introduce Mr. Wheeler, the tech teacher, to this forum chat. From there you can ask him questions and such. I didn't know that using Minecraft as teaching tool was used by more people than our tech class, that is really cool.
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