Can #Minecraft in education?Yes!! Benefits of Minecraft in the classroom
Minecraft gives students the freedom to create, pushing their imaginations to the limit and allowing them to be creative in ways not possible in the real world. Inherently about problem-solving, the game can inspire students’ higher-level and critical thinking. Minecraft is also a very social game, where students can rely on other players for help in the sometimes-unforgiving Minecraft world. When students work together, it builds positive classroom climate, teaches the benefits of collaboration and facilitates teamwork in a way that’s more organic than, say, being assigned to work together on a project. Students who might not get along in the real world can become allies in the Minecraft world. With the right imagination and creativity, teachers can implement any sort of lesson into the world of Minecraft—the possibilities are endless.
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Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with Code.org, the nonprofit that offers free programming tools for kids, to bring its best-selling personal-computer game Minecraft to the group’s popular Hour of Code tutorials. Kids will be able to go to Code.org’s website and find a tutorial with 14 levels of Minecraft including a free-play board, said Deirdre Quarnstrom, director of Minecraft education at Microsoft, which is Code.org’s biggest financial backer. The agreement is the second this month for the computer-science educational group, which added Star Wars to its lineup last week.
Can #Minecraft in education?Yes!!
ReplyDeleteBenefits of Minecraft in the classroom
Minecraft gives students the freedom to create, pushing their imaginations to the limit and allowing them to be creative in ways not possible in the real world.
Inherently about problem-solving, the game can inspire students’ higher-level and critical thinking.
Minecraft is also a very social game, where students can rely on other players for help in the sometimes-unforgiving Minecraft world. When students work together, it builds positive classroom climate, teaches the benefits of collaboration and facilitates teamwork in a way that’s more organic than, say, being assigned to work together on a project. Students who might not get along in the real world can become allies in the Minecraft world.
With the right imagination and creativity, teachers can implement any sort of lesson into the world of Minecraft—the possibilities are endless.
- See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/benefits-minecraft-classroom-students.shtml#sthash.3bmwn2rR.dpuf
Key Education Benefits
ReplyDelete• 3D Geometry
• Computer Design
• Spatial reasoning
Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with Code.org, the nonprofit that offers free programming tools for kids, to bring its best-selling personal-computer game Minecraft to the group’s popular Hour of Code tutorials.
ReplyDeleteKids will be able to go to Code.org’s website and find a tutorial with 14 levels of Minecraft including a free-play board, said Deirdre Quarnstrom, director of Minecraft education at Microsoft, which is Code.org’s biggest financial backer. The agreement is the second this month for the computer-science educational group, which added Star Wars to its lineup last week.