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Crafting in the Classroom:
Minecraft as a Learning Tool
Sarah LudwigCECA ConferenceOctober 21, 2013
What’s
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The Basics
• Use blocks to build
• Destroy blocks to dig and find resources
• Combine resources to craft tools, food, weapons, clothing, and more
• Interact with the environment; biomes include desert, forest, tundra, and swamp
Modes of Gameplay
• Multiplayer – many players join one server
• Single player
• Peaceful – no monsters, players can’t fight each other
• Easy, normal, hard
• Survival vs. creative
Setting up a Server
• Minecraft EDU
• If you have an IT partner, direct them to the Minecraft Wiki (minecraft.gamepedia.com)
• Minecraft server hosting services
Basic Activities
• Games
• Societies
• Challenges
• Training
Minecraft in the Classroom
Math
Line Plot lesson for 6th grade math, credit @MrBrotherton
Bar graph lesson for 6th grade math, credit @MrBrotherton
Volume lesson, credit Amanda Northrup, teachingandlearningcommunity.blogspot.com
Determining the mass of Minecraft Earth, credit Richard Townley, www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1685915-minecraft-science-mass-of-the-minecraft-earth
Science
Cell model, credit Chris Miko http://www.craft-academy.com/
Minecart velocity lesson, credit Bob Kahn, middleschoolminecraft.com
Sheep genetics lesson, credit Bob Kahn, middleschoolminecraft.com
Social Studies
City project lesson, credit Linda Gielen, http://saaminecraft.edublogs.org
Battlefield Map lesson, credit Linda Gielen, http://saaminecraft.edublogs.org
Medieval role playing, credit John Miller, http://mrmillersblog.com/
Language Arts
Writing Activities
• Activity log
• Tutorials/user guides
• Planning
• Character profiles
• Short stories based on gameplay
• Adventure map
Book report, credit Spencer, student of Bob Kahn, middleschoolminecraft.com
Recreating scenes from novels, credit James Burling, http://jamestburling.com/minecraft-summer-reading/Image courtesy minecraftcastle.blogspot.com
Skills Addressed:
• Problem solving and troubleshooting
• Collaboration and teamwork, leadership
• Planning, spatial reasoning, construction
• Digital communication and etiquette, ethics
• Could improve cognitive learning, memory, and problem-solving ability (source)
Educational Resources
• Minecraft in Education: https://sites.google.com/site/kidsnetsoftminecraft/resources
• MinecraftEDU Wiki: http://minecraftedu.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
• The Wonderful World of Humanities: http://minecraftedu.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wonderful_World_of_Humanities
Thank you!
Please feel free to contact me:
@sarah_ludwig