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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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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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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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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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Multi-School Server Gets TNT World
Blowing stuff up in Minecraft is fun. We've been doing it since 2011, sometimes with disastrous results. And it's something our students love to do. While playing with TNT is…
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Multi-School MinecraftEDU Server Launches!
A lunch time Multi-School Minecrafter messes with Quantum Physics using the qCraft mod. When we first started the Multi-School Minecraft server three years ago, MinecraftEDU was merely a twinkle in…
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Noobing it up with Teachers at Brock U Tech Showcase
Teachers n00b it up on the GamingEdus Professional Play Minecraft server at Brock University. (photo by: Zoe Branigan-Pipe) There's nothing better than introducing people to a video game for the…
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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…