The Minecraft Teacher. Back to school.
Long time no post. So one day I had this idea to use Minecraft in my class. It worked really, really well. It was transformative for both my students and myself. It was like discovering a new secret power to reach into the minds of kids. And I couldn’t figure out why no one else was doing the same thing. But one thing led to another and I ended up leaving a perfectly respectable teaching career to play a lot more Minecraft. I got to interact with amazingly talented people from all over the world. All that plus getting to work with some wonderfully Finnish geniuses who I now consider family. But I am leaving TeacherGaming and sailing away from Minecraft’s blocky shores for a while. I am going back to the classroom. It’s been an absolute honor to work with Minecraft. I feel quite lucky to have been involved during this unbelievably cool time period in Minecraft’s development.
I think I will be playing Minecraft forever. What would you like to hear/see from me? Peace out, kids. Grade Selection. KidsKnowIt.com - Internet's Most Popular Educational Website For Kids - Thousands of Free Educational Games And Activities. Institute of Play. Arcademic Skill Builders - Fun Educational Games for Kids. 8 Educational (and Fun) iOS Games for Teens. There's a reason you learned more from Bill Nye than your actual science teacher.
Mr. Nye made learning fun. If your middle/high school student is struggling to grasp some concepts in school, there's an app for that. Bonus points: if it's part of our list, it's a fun one. The App Store is filled with productivity and educational apps to help your student achieve straight As. Don't see your problem subject here? Image: Flickr, GoodnCrazy. JeopardyLabs - Online Jeopardy Template. Center for Game Science. Plan It Green: The Big Switch!
Teaching For Transformation - Canadian Christian Education Foundation. Prairie Center for Christian Education in partnership with the Christian Education Foundation Total Project Amount: $16,000 - FULLY FUNDED!
- A huge thank you to donors across Canada who supported this project! Statement of Need: The Teaching for Transformation Through-lines* as developed by the Prairie Centre for Christian Education (PCCE) region provides a framework for the development of authentic and integral Christian learning experiences that are grounded in a transformational worldview with a focus on the Biblical story.
Teaching for Transformation will help teachers develop a foundational understanding for the topics that they teach and help them truly teach for transformation. PCCE schools have been actively developing units using the Teaching for Transformation model. This is a very unique opportunity to do a mass web-posting of the Teaching For Transformation.
What are *Through-lines: Through-lines are Big Picture ideas around which curriculum is developed.. Arcademic Skill Builders - Fun Educational Games for Kids. Educators. Teach Your Monster to Read. Gamestar Mechanic. Welcome to Activate! Changing the Game. Globaloria.org. Playforce.org - Playforce: Learning from the games we play. Gamekit: Welcome. Institute of Play. Institute of Play. Teach with Portals. MinecraftEdu. Games. Z-Type. 77 Educational Games and Game Builders. I'm often asked if I know of any games for subject "x," "y," or "z" for a particular grade level or age group.
My answer is usually yes, but I need to search my archives. Therefore, I've gone through my archives and dug up many of games that I've mentioned over the last four years that are still active online. Consider this my humongous list of educational games. 1. Kids Spell provides eight free games that help students learn to spell more than 6,000 words. 2.Spin and Spell has been featured on a number of blogs over the last year. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English. Sheppard Software: Fun free online learning games and activities for kids.