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Your Homework Tonight,
Dave Guymon
Online middle school teacher
Graduate student studying games and
simulations in education
EdTech and games blogger
@DaveGuymon
Minecraft is . . .
an open-world sandbox exploration and building game
that lets you go where you want, build what you want,
and set your own goals.
Who will you be?
INVENTORNomad HOME MAKER
rancher
community plannerPETTY LORD artist
DWARVEN MINER
How are teachers and students using Minecraft for learning?
“I don’t let them just play the game however they want. They must follow a path I lay out for them, which allows me to carry out lesson plans.”
- Joel Levin“The Minecraft Teacher”
Guided by objectives
How do you get fromSolve real-world & mathematical problems involving area, volume, and surface area.
to
7Principles ofConstructivist
EDUCATION
Establishment of a cooperative, sociomoral atmosphere
Appeal to children’s interests
Teach in terms of the kind of knowledge involved
Choose content that challenges children
Promote children’s reasoning
Provide adequate time for investigation and engagement
Link ongoing documentation and assessment with learning
Quest-based Learning
How are curriculum-based quests made?
Identify content standards.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details,
and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3
1 2 3
Determine objectives.SWBAT adopt a specific role in a larger online ecosystem.
SWBAT participate in developing online narrative.
SWBAT record key events from role play in journal.
SWBAT reflect on journal entries to write a story based on narrative.
1 2 3
Create quest-based activities
1 2 3
Build a house that reflects the needs and personality
of your character.
Establish a farm near a water source that grows 3 different types of plants.
Build a corral and domesticate at least one
type of animal.
Successfully trade a commodity with another
player using the chat box to communicate.
Assemble a functioning land-based transportation
system with rails and redstone.
Create a landmark (either real or imagined) with a description posted on a
sign.
Concoct a potion that produces its intended
effect.
Create a hidden entrance to a space using redstone
and a sensor.
Engage a Creeper, and survive.
MathExplore principles of area, volume, and functions by making tools and building structures.
EnglishErect a replica model of the setting from a classroom novel.
ScienceExperiment with networks and circuits by creating booby traps.
HistoryUse “mods” to generate a Minecraft version of Ancient Rome, and take a walking tour together.
Ask the Experts
“The results were far from expected.”
- Joel Levin“The Minecraft Teacher”
Individual Accounts
www.minecraft.net
Classroom Accounts
www.minecraftedu.org
MinecraftEDUhttp://www.minecraftedu.com
FoodCraft at the American Museum of Natural Historyhttp://youtu.be/eQh7_WAOOjw
Learnist http://learni.st/users/132607/boards/74425-minecraft-research-for-ncce14
Institute of Playhttp://www.instituteofplay.org/awsm/playtime-online/illustrations-of-minecraft-as-a-classroom-learning-tool/
Lessons 4 Minecrafthttp://lessons4minecraft.com/?page_id=289
Additional Resources