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Gamertags / Naming Your Avatar

When servers get crowded clear gamertags are handy! I have a few names that I have used repeatedly as I hop from one computer game to another.  There are two…
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Survival Server First: Gumby Discovers a Massive, Majestic Mesa Biome

Although some significant changes to the MineCraft world took place over the holidays, I was pretty much hanging out at HorsieField Castle, what with the Open House and all, and…
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Multi-School Server updated to 1.7.4

The long wait is over! The Multi-School Server has been updated to version for all your Minecrafty needs. Make sure to check your game versions before you log in this…
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Messy Learning with Minecraft

Morning Minecraft crew ready to dig (This post originally appeared on the Feeding Change blog in 2011.) It's barely 9:15 in the morning and already two students have fallen down…
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Holiday Open House at HorsieFieldCastle

(Cross-posted from ) I invite you to visit my new MineCraft digs at HorsieFieldCastle for some holiday cheer on Saturday, December 28th. It was a little less than two months…
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Listen to our students shine on CBC radio

Want to know why we jump through technical hoops to bring Minecraft into our classroom? For the answer, just listen to our students speak to CBC radio about playing on…
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Talking Minecraft in Education with Connected Learning TV

Hey check us out talking with the good folks at about why Minecraft rocks as a tool for educators (as long as it's a tool that supports inquiry-based, student-led learning…
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Changing your Minecraft Game Version

For players new to Minecraft, one of the most confusing elements of the game is all this talk about "Game Versions". This page will explain what that all means and…
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Multi-School Minecraft Server Year 3: New Players, Community Build Zone and Unknowable Outcomes

When we first launched the Multi-School Minecraft server in 2011, we had no idea if it would work. Three schools and over 30 students sharing a single server sounded great,…
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