Minecraft in education. Microsoft is making a Minecraft game for its HoloLens blended reality headset. Minecraft, meet HoloLens.
At the big E3 video game conference today, Microsoft showed off a neat demo of a Minecraft game the company is building specifically for HoloLens, its new blended reality headset originally announced back in January. Gamers can strap on the headset and interact with an animated Minecraft world directly on a surface in front of them. With their voice or gestures, users can pinch or zoom to move objects or see inside and underneath of them.
They can also use a controller while being immersed in the game via the headset. Using Minecraft in Education : Cross Curricular Ideas. Minecraft is an open sandbox game that allows players to construct their own world.
They can build structures, farm animals, mine for resources and much more. There are different modes to the game; Survival Mode is a challenging mode where the player needs to fight for survival against other creatures in the world, and Creative Mode provides unlimited resources to build and create without limitations. I’ve been investigating Creative Mode as it’s easier to build large structures quickly. Minecraft can be played individually, or as a multiplayer environment allowing children to cooperate to build and explore together.
Minecraft History Project – Ideas and Lesson Plan. History can be fascinating.
It can also be painfully dull when reduced to names, dates and events. Using a Minecraft based project to explore a historical period in depth can bring back the excitement and bring on the learning. Getting started with a Minecraft History Project Pick a topic. What is your child interested in learning more about?