Teachers have long used a wide variety of tools to teach students, even games. Now, Minecraft joins the ranks of titles which are both fun and educational, and you can see it in action right now! MinecraftEdu is a collaborative team of educators and programmers who seek to bring Minecraft to the classroom in affordable ways, so it can be accessible to as many schools as possible. They offer onsite workshops and in-service training to help educators use this incredible game to its fullest potential in a learning environment. In the near future, they will also be offering custom game versions, easy-to-use servers for classroom-driven SMP, a library of worlds, levels and activities to assist in activities, and more!
While still in the private beta stage, this remarkable project sets itself up to take the learning world by storm, merging learning and gaming in amazing new ways. Keep an eye out for MinecraftEdu, coming out soon!
I like Minecraft... but this may be absolutely ridiculous. Its not like Bronys have a class available that teaches them how to be senseless.I like Minecraft... but this may be absolutely ridiculous. Its not like Bronys have a class available that teaches them how to be senseless.
Lol I don't support this. Though it looks extremely cool, amazing, and fun indeed; I don't want other friends knowing about minecraft. This is very childish but I don't want them to be noobs cause I hate new ones. They are so stubborn sometimes...well I'm done ranting.
Awesome? Yes! This would be epic, and I would not be alone as far as playing the game! But really, I see this as going way too far. Minecraft is far from realistic, and I don't see how this could possibly be used for education. Sure, you can be creative, but as far as actual academic classes, I see no way to use Minecraft for good. When I speak of "actual academic classes," I mean core classes, not electives. Again, this would be awesome to have, but I don't think it will be used or work.
I'm doing my bachelor degree on elementary education, which I'm almost done with, and I've thought about how I would use it in my class. Always gotta integrate things like this with your class to make it more interesting.
I've had so many dreams about Minecraft being used in education, including Minecraft courses at a college, Advanced Placement Minecraft Theory, and using Minecraft to teach about circuitry. Of course, I always joked about these things, knowing that they would never come to life.
So when I read this, and realized that part of my dreams just came true, I cried. Tears of joy :')
This makes me extremely happy, because students can learn and enjoy learning in a way that they would use for entertainment, but I'm also sad because I'm currently schooling in England, and England is waaaaaaaay too boring ass for anything this amazing to come to schools over here, virtual chess is still probably making teachers in England go, nope! No way! Way to technoloimical fer me! Herp derp, and also this will show many parents that minecraft is more than just a game, it's so amazing that it's made it's way to schools, so, yeah, this is a massive win for minecraft and mine crafters everywhere,
So,does this mean kids gotta make stuff like liberty bell or lincoln memorial?It would funny as heck if a the teacher saw a enderman in game >.< then she or he would give the endermen detention by taking away his pearl LOL
"Well, mom. Today we learned how to fashion portals to hell out of rocks and make mushrooms grow with baking soda!""So what did you learn in school today, sweetie?"
"Well, mom. Today we learned how to fashion portals to hell out of rocks and make mushrooms grow with baking soda!"
So when I read this, and realized that part of my dreams just came true, I cried. Tears of joy :')
"Well, mom. Today we learned how to fashion portals to hell out of rocks and make mushrooms grow with baking soda!""So what did you learn in school today, sweetie?"
"Well, mom. Today we learned how to fashion portals to hell out of rocks and make mushrooms grow with baking soda!"