Mining Minecraft, Part 1: Little gamers' digital play through a teacher's eyes A 5th-grader’s castle. She designed and built it (and she, or rather her in-world avatar, is pictured in it – 2nd from the left with blue sleeves). Editor’s note: This week, my holiday gift to you, dear readers. Below you’ll find Part 1 of a three-part series of guest posts by teacher Marianne Malmstrom about what students learning in digital environments can teach all of us – parents, educators, risk prevention experts, and anybody else who works with young people. Marianne has been a teacher and school administrator for more than 30 years (here‘s her bio). You’ve seen Marianne in NetFamilyNews a number of times. Guest post by Marianne Malmstrom When discussing youth and social media, we tend to focus on teens, texting and platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Most adults don’t give much thought to young children’s online activities. LEGO Universe was a popular MOG that closed last year. From pre-packaged play to digital ‘sandbox’ Minecraft Kid code writers & game designers
Minecraft in the Classroom and Library “Can you teleport me?” “How do I fly?” “I need a sword.” “What are you building?” These eclectic exclamations are the sounds of a room full of teens playing Minecraft. We play every other Wednesday in Chicopee (MA) Public Library’s computer lab, often filling all 10 computers, and are occasionally joined by teens playing from home. What is Minecraft? Minecraft is an open-ended, creative game where players roam a landscape made of different kinds of blocks that can be used to build just about anything. Developed by Swedish programmer Marcus Persson, also known as Notch, and his company Mojang, the full version of the game was released in November 2011 after several beta versions. Survival vs. The different game play modes place more or less emphasis on the creative and survival aspects of the game. In Creative mode, you can fly, literally by double tapping the space bar, but figuratively as well, because you have instant access to every kind of block and most items in the game.
minecraftinschool [licensed for non-commercial use only] / FrontPage This wiki is devoted to hosting ideas, lessons, implementation strategies and more related to using the game, Minecraft in a school setting Whether you use it in a computer/gaming club, as part of your regular curricular instruction, or even at home with your own children, Minecraft's simple yet scalable "sandbox" virtual environment can be an excellent tool for engaging student learning. The open-ended nature of the game lends it to application in a variety of subject areas. Game-based learning, virtual worlds, and simulations are emerging tools for reaching our learners. That's why this wiki was created. -Lucas Gillispie, Director of Academic and Digital Learning, Surry County Schools. Recent News (11/10/15) - Here's a Sustainable Community Project we're working on at Gentry Middle School. (6/1/15) -Alice Keeler (@alicekeeler) is awesome, but you knew that, right? (12/18/13) - Great tutorial video on how to level in mcMMO by Aidan. (12/8/13) - Lots to share! Inverted Restone
edurealms.com Learn to Play: Minecraft in the classroom • Articles • PC Imagine being eight years old today. You pack your bag, hop on a bus, act like your crush has cooties and go through lessons on history, English, maths, science, and... Minecraft? That's the reality for about 200,000 kids today who have Minecraft in their schools as part of the curriculum. Educational software is nothing new, but most "edutainment" (I reckon there's no dirtier word in the gaming vernacular) games were traditional curriculum wearing the guise of a video game as convincingly as Superman posing as a journalist by wearing glasses. These days that's changed. 'I think playing Minecraft kind of taps into the same part of the brain as playing with Legos and I don't think anybody disputes the educational value of Legos.' - Joel Levin It all started when then 35 year old New York-based computer teacher Joel Levin began playing the Minecraft alpha in the summer of 2010. But before all that he showed it to a second-grade class of seven and eight year olds.
MinecraftTeachr's Channel Joel Levin @MinecraftTeachrComputer Teacher at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in NYC.Owner of TeacherGaming LLC, creators of MinecraftEduminecraftteacher.netminecraftedu.com Bob Kahn@rwkahn38th grade science teacher at Brentwood School in Los A Alex Leavitt@alexleavittPhD Student, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism - Studying the "cultural importance of Minecraft, especially with regard to participatory spaces online". Heather Burditt@swiss_army_wifeAdvocate for "Radical Unschooling" Greg Lastowka@greglasTeaches intellectual property law at Rutgers Univ Micah Malmstrom@MrMalmstromMember of the Technology Department at the Elisabeth Morrow School in Englewood, MorrowCraft - Schools Working with Minecraft Minecraft in School started by: Lucas Gillispie Read more. An unexpected new star, Minecraftis taking the "Games in School" crowd by by storm! Students are crazy about this game and educators are finding a virtual gold mine of curriculum possibilities. Jo Kay, Dean Groom & Bron Stuckey team up to create - Massively Minecraft Educator Community What a dynamic team to gather and lead a community of educators in exploring how kids (young & old :-) learn in this unique space.Check out the kids' - Miner's Charter Robert Kahn is a middle school science teacher using Minecraft and gaming in the classroom. Check out his blog. Liam O'Donnell has started to document his students' work/play in this fascinating article - Messy Learning With Minecraft on his blog, feeding change.
2014 Virtual Unconference Speakers Chris is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University. Chris is actively piloting and developing groundbreaking alternative approaches to delivering and tracking learning. With co-inventor Dr. Lisa Dawley, Chris created 3D GameLab, a game-based/quest-based learning management system. His classroom serves as a unique game-based technology and pedagogy lab where this new and innovative practice is producing exciting results. At the university, Chris specializes in preparing pre-service teachers in methods and applications of technology integration in the classroom. Class as a Fully Realized Online RPG Faculty of Boise State University have converted a class to a fully game-based approach that leverages role-play characteristics, MMORPG leveling and skill building, and an immersive game-based design.
Installer un mod avec Forge Forge est un outil très pratique, mais son installation peut être un peu déroutante pour certains. Voici un guide rapide pour installer Forge sur la version 1.6.4+ de Minecraft. 1. Rendez vous sur le site officiel de téléchargement de Forge 2. 3. 4. 5. Pour installer des mods compatibles avec Forge, il suffit de se rendre dans le dossier mods. Windows : Appuyez simultanément sur les touches et tapez %appdata%. Mac OS : Le dossier minecraft/mods se situe dans : Utilisateur > Bibliothèque > Application Support. Linux : Appuyez simultanément sur les touches et tapez .minecraft/mods. Enfin, glissez le mod téléchargé sans l’extraire dans .minecraft/mods.
Bringing Minecraft to the Classroom minecraftinschool [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Games in Education Resources and Research New to the idea of using video games in the classroom? Here are some great resources to get you started: Squire, K.D. (2002). Rethinking the role of games in Education. Game Studies, 2(1)Squire, K., & Durga, S. Crash Course on Gaming! | HP Catalyst Academy Mods Bonjour à toutes et à tous, aujourd’hui je vous présente le mod Extreme Farming qui est maintenant disponible en… Lire la suite » Créer des véhicules, des avions aux bateaux, à partir des blocs de son choix. N’est-ce pas le rêve… Lire la suite » Extended Workbench est un mod à la base inspiré d’une vidéo de Animationcraft. Lire la suite » Bibliocraft est un mod qui rajoute de nouveaux blocs comme des étagères, des supports pour armures, des bibliothèques… Lire la suite » « Dans une galaxie bien lointaine se trouvait une planète éloignée des autres depuis des lustres, elle s’éloignait… Lire la suite » Hello tout le monde ! Lire la suite » Bonjour ou bonsoir tout le monde, C’est enfin le printemps. Lire la suite » Bonjour ou bonsoir tout le monde, Personnellement, je trouve que Minecraft ne comporte pas assez de mobs. Lire la suite » Bonjour à toutes et à tous. Lire la suite » Comme le savez, les fameux shaderpacks prennent une grande importance dans mes articles. Lire la suite »