Interview with Joel Levin of MinecraftEdu

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing MinecraftEdu's Joel Levin - better known as MinecraftTeacher - who gives us an in-depth look into exactly what MinecraftEdu is, some of the challenges they face and more!

Joel went on to say that MinecraftEdu is geared towards teachers who want to use Minecraft as a teaching aid in the classroom, with design features meant to facilitate ease of use and accessibility for everyone, regardless of technical background. With user-friendly interfaces and clearly explained features, MinecraftEdu sets itself up to be usable by a teacher the minute they pick it up!

Joel would like to thank Mojang and his partners at MinecraftEdu for the opportunity to help him bring this project to life, so that everyone may enjoy its benefits.

We here at Minecraft Forum would like to thank Joel himself for his dedication, vision and the opportunity to share all of it with us. We look forward to seeing MinecraftEdu take learning to a new level in the future! Feel free to take a look at MinecraftTeacher's blog right here!

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Kevlar98
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Posted Nov 9, 2011
Why not give the kids diamonds if they answer vocab or math junk? that should keep the kids from running off cliffs (that would sound pretty weird if you didn't know i was talking about minecraft)

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
Every time he said "bukkit" i thought he said "**** it". Lol

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
I Actually Asked My Principal If We Can Use This.She Said She Will Try To Get It

YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
I love the GUI in the video. It's really quite teacher-friendly! :tongue.gif:

Can't wait to see this programme develop further~

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
So, First its the common masses.
Now its those little toddlers.
Who's next?

And I just got a science update.
The only things in the world that are affected by gravity are sand and gravel.
Oh, and little second graders... :SSSS:Great Job slick...
I should too..

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
So cool, wish I was taught minecraft when I was kid.

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
Reminds me of the Portal 2 thing Valve was doing by giving dev kits to teachers. I really think that gamer teachers can create edutainment that is actually entertaining for the students.

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
This is a really incredible bit of technology and plan they have set up. I don't see this as becoming a big standard thing in your average middle school or elementary school. But Im pretty sure for schools looking for a alternative to learning with hand eye coordination and keeping your kids entertained while also learning is a amazing idea, and with minecraft just makes that idea amazing.

Brilliant stuff, cant wait to see what this turns into.

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
i hella want this in my high school. everyone would be like wtf where do you get all that wood!?"
and id be "o from the trees"

lol id love to play this game in my digital media class haha

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
This is just getting ridiculous...

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
I really like how this is going. I really hope that teachers will realize that Minecraft could be a game of fun and learning. There is a 75% chance my school will do this. We have a Lego program that is very similar but not as good as Minecraft. So hopefully this will replace Lego. Keep up the good work Joel

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
@oxydate You can, look up minecraft source code, as long as you purchased the game you can look at the source

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
How exactly would it be educational?

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
We should have more teachers like this, not ones that think we'll be successful by being yelled at for whispering in class.

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
I was like, yeeeeeeeess! Finally, games have been made into something both fun and educational for schoolers to use! I can't wait I can....... And then he said,"so I look forward to using this with my second graders," .".......oh, well.............. Yeah of course I wasn't expecting to use this in year 10, duh.... and then he went on to say how he turned off pvp and monsters to make it less scary for the kids,.... Monsters are like 50% of the joys of minecraft as well as pvp, and then I saw the comands list, enable building, enable talking,... Wut? And then he said about freezing the kids in a spot and not allowing them to explore.. Ok I know it's ment for educational perpouses, but is this even minecraft anymore, wait, is this even a GAME anymore? None the less, minecraft in school is a massive win in my oppinion, even though I'm probobaly never going to use minecraft in school like this, but you never know, they might try to explain electrical currents and sercuits using redefine, XD

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
I want to give a big thumbs up to him (more like cut it and give it to him but i need it for game time obviously xD) for making this a huge success for kids to experience more fun and less stress in all sorts of situations.

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
Sorry about the spelling, iPads spell checker is the most retarded thing that ever happened to iPads,

*redstoneSorry about the spelling, iPads spell checker is the most retarded thing that ever happened to iPads,

*redstone

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
I think its a bad idea. I'm an 8th grade student and I wouldn't want this in my school. People in my school already sit on FPS games a lot so they need a break at school. Also it will be pointless if you cant do anything that minecraft was made for. He took away Adventure, freedom, and survival from minecraft which practically makes it not minecraft anymore. Not trying to be a troll or hater.

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
Wow....never thought this whould happen!! O_O

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Posted Nov 9, 2011
What happens when a student griefs the world? That's what I would do...

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