Minecraft
Presenters:
Presenters:
Jeff Mummert, Hershey High School, Eduspire
Description:
Description:
An introduction to the uses of Minecraft in education, focusing on ways to involve the game in classes, as well as informing educators on the details of the game and gameplay for heightened engagement with interested students.
Audience:
Audience:
K-12 all subjects
Devices:
Devices:
Minecraft will be demonstrated on a Mac and PC, but is also available for iOS, Android, and XBOX One.
Outline of Presentation:
Outline of Presentation:
I. Introduction to Minecraft
II. Game-Based Education
III. Playing the Game
IV. Extending the Game
Resources:
Resources:
Games in Education Issues..
- Game vs. Simulation?
- Structured vs. Unstructured Play?
- “Sandboxes,” Creativity and Innovation?
- How does using games in education relate to Bloom’s Taxonomy and the HEAT Framework?
- Games+School (Mummert HHS Google Site)
- Microsoft's New Minecraft Education Initiative
How to get Minecraft..
- Minecraft (PC and Mac)
- Minecraft- Pocket Edition (iOS)
- Minecraft- Pocket Edition (Android)
- Minecraft- XBox Live
- MinecraftEdu (PC and Mac)
Minecraft in the “real world”..
- Minecraft partners With United Nations for Urban Planning
- In This Minecraft Classroom Digital Citizenship 101 Is The Topic Of Play
- Could Minecraft Be the Next Great Engineering School?
- Minecraft Creations Come To The Real World With The New Minecraft Reality iOS App
- Minecraft Topographical Map from Google Earth
- Minecraft Movie Teaser
- Minecraft in the Classroom Presentation Link
How to teach with Minecraft..