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How those Minecraft books got my students reading . . .

The three most coveted books on our Grade 1 class library. Are you surprised? If you've been near a young Minecraft fan lately, you'll know that this year's must-have items…
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Six Stories to Show that “The Easy Way Is Not The Learning Way”– Part 3

We’ve told and re-told this story many times since it first happened during the 2011-2012 school year. Since it really is a tale told in two voices, this blog post…
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Passion for Play

As many of you already know, I run 2 junior/intermediate Minecraft clubs.  But what you might not know is that since I created these clubs I have been the target…
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TLLP news & ECOO Minecraft Meetups

We've been busy. Yikes! We've done a lot lately and it wasn't all just killing Creepers. TLLP Training with amazing Ontario gaming educators, Connect 2014 with Zoe Pipe and the…
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Why Gamification is still BS

About two years ago, I gave up trying to tell teachers why Gamification isn't new, bold or innovative. In the past, I'd jump into any Twitter discussion and try to…
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Using Student Interest Without Being an Expert

Site of home and bridge building at the Jean Augustine Girls' Leadership Academy (TDSB) area in the Minecraft Multi School Server. My student teacher @megpolley has never played Minecraft. She…
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Perseverance in the Face of Technology

Perseverance is: "a steady persistence in a course of especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles or discouragement" ().   We try and scaffold our students' learning so that they develop this character trait, along…
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Minechat Visits the Gaming Edus

Collin Gallagher, the creative talent behind Minecraft Minechat, visited the Professional Play and Multi-School servers belonging to the Gaming Edus. See the tour and hear the interview in this video,…
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Minecraft Students are evolving. They’ll pwn teachers (and servers). And that’s awesome.

"You'll never know more than your students. And that's okay." I find myself saying that a lot to teachers looking to bring Minecraft into their classrooms. Any adult who's been…
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Setting Up Minecraft on Your School Computers

The amazing GamingEdu, Jen Apgar, has put together a short and simple tutorial video showing teachers how to get Minecraft running on your school computer. If you're wondering where to…
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