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Go Forth and Build!
We ran a Minecraft Edu server and a Craftbukkit server for an elective class consisting of seven 8th graders two years ago. Students completed their first projects which can be seen on Manor Challenge page. Two teams of two players completed Social Studies projects on Civil War Battlefield and their projects can be downloaded here. You can see the student tour videos here.
To learn more about the game and read tutorials on how to play:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials
Great kid-friendly YouTube Minecraft Tutorial videos:
Minecraft Dad (Paul Soares, Jr.): http://www.youtube.com/user/paulsoaresjr
Bob Mills-"Minecraft Short and Sweet" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy_hDFE6218
To learn more about Minecraft in schools or Minecraft in general, check out these websites:
Distruptions: Minecraft, an Obsession and an Educational Tool: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/minecraft-an-obsession-and-an-educational-tool/?hpw&_r=0
Creating is Learning: Building skills and knowledge through Minecraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFuULAE6RfU
Minecraft in School Wiki: http://minecraftinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/37244189/FrontPage
The Minecraft Teacher: http://minecraftteacher.net/
Morrow Minecraft: http://morrowcraft.wikispaces.com/
MinecraftEdu Elfie Blog site: http://minecrafteduelfie.blogspot.com/
EduElfie YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EduElfie
Computer Games in Education (Computerspil i undervisningen): http://uvspil.blogspot.com
TESL-EJ Minecraft in the ESL classroom: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume15/ej60/ej60m1/
G.A.M.E.: http://g.a.m.e.shivtr.com/pages/minecraft
Article: Goal Mining by Andrew McMillen: http://www.couriermail.com.au/extras/qweekend/fff/features/pdfs/343.pdf
Bob Kahn's Middle School Minecraft: http://www.middleschoolminecraft.com/author/bkahn/
Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool? | Idea Channel | PBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RI0BN5AWOe8
How Minecraft and Duct Tape Wallets Prepare Our Kids for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-05-26-how-minecraft-and-duct-tape-wallets-prepare-our-kids-for-jobs-that-don-t-exist-yet
To learn about video gaming in Education, check out these links:
Schools Use Games for Learning and Assessment - Video
Big Thinkers: James Paul Gee on Grading with Games - Video
Why play a MMOG in school? - Article
Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked - PBS Article
Games for Learning Institute - Pursuing the art and science of designing educational games...
How Might Video Games be Good for Us? -Article
Infographic-How Video Games are Changing Education
Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning
Games in Learning
Schools with Game-based learning:
http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/projects/quest-to-learn/
http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/projects/quest-schools/cics-chicagoquest/
Link to more videos and articles Video Gaming and Learning
50 Awesome Videos for Gaming Teachers
Support Site for MinecraftEdu:
http://minecraftedu.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Books on Topics of Gaming:
Marc Prensky - "Digital Game-Based Learning." "Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning," "Teaching Digital Natives," and "From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom"- http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
Jane McGonigal - "Reality is Broken", http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/1594202850
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