Use Minecraft Education as a Black History Month teaching resource Explore the concept of “good trouble” inMinecraft Education, an immersive learning platform built specifically for the classroom.Lessons in Good Trouble are perfect for educational activities that focus on civil ri...
With its open-ended nature and robust creation tools,Minecrafthas been used to createsome amazing things. And as one teacher learned, those very same elements that make the game so compelling also make it a great educational tool. Around two months ago, Joel Levin, a computer teacher at Ma...
“We wanted to include a number of different genres of game to be able to cater for different interests,” Bray explains. “You’ll find your classic sandbox game in there,Minecraft; survival elements fromGrounded; and more surprising titles such asPowerwash Simulator, which is a difficult game...
Everyday social situations can be challenging for autistic children, who may struggle to pick up on social cues or understand another person’s perspective. Duncan thinksMinecraftstrips away the pressures typical of the real world. There is no noisy or unfamiliar environment to distract you, no pr...
These metaverses are built upon existing gaming platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, and Minecraft. Users can interact with one another in virtual worlds, play games, and create their own content within these environments. Social-Based Metaverses: Social-Based Metaverses, on the other hand, are ...
Here's your reminder thatMinecraft's Tricky Trials Update has finally arrived. There's even alaunch trailer to go with it, which you can view above. This update comes with Tricky Trials - a new structure filled with traps, tricks, and treasures which you can run though sol...
Meet the researcher who believes Minecraft is an educational force of natureMizuko Ito
“It’s a really fun way to learn,” she said. “But it also helps us understand what could happen in the future and how most places around here are going to be flooded if we don’t do something. In the Minecraft world we had to build flood defences and a...
“We’ve seen Minecraft being used to teach everything from coding to physics,” Nagurski said, “but I think that there’s a real opportunity to develop more of these kind of creative projects, too.” TeacherGaming has also developed an educational version ofKerbal Space Program, an elaborat...
Learn about the surprising educational benefits of Minecraft, and how and why you should encourage kids to play and learn both inside and outside the classroom!