OMG Liam your post totally resonates with our thinking on the way teachers should approach Minecraft in classrooms. I found myself nodding in agreement all the way through your blog post and found your excitement for allowing the students…
Barry,
You might want to come and join our burgeoning community Massively Minecraft Educator Community. We are just getting this off the ground and want to support like-minded educators who share an open-ended vision for Minecraft…
Hi everyone,
Jo Kay, Dean Groom and myself are starting up an online community for teachers to share their explorations of Minecraft. Based on Jo and Dean's early observations, we will be carrying out research asking teachers to NOT direct the…
I'm about 3 weeks into using Minecraft with a small group of students for literacy support. So far, the kids are loving it and their enthusiasm for the class has gone through the roof. You can read about my first week using Minecraft in school…
BTW - check out Joel Levine. He is using MineCraft with 2nd graders at an independent school in NYC. He is documenting his work on The Minecraft Teacher. Check out his YouTube Station.
Great. I've just transferred my rogue, mostly cause he's got great alchemy skills. I'll bring the huntard later.
Yes, it's a guy: JohnBigBoote (Buckeroo Banzai reference, fyi). I am one of those weird women who has a male toon and also a female dwarf (<-- no one plays those). However, my main Horde toons are female BEs, trolls, and undead. =shrug=