Teachers Transform Commercial Video Game for Class Use
MinecraftEDU By Katrina Schwartz Educators have been tapping into the wildly popular online game Minecraft for its potential as a learning tool for a while now — to teach physics, math, and computer...
View ArticleIdeas for Fun and Learning During the Holiday Break
Flickr: Andrew Beeston With two weeks of holiday break stretched out ahead, here are some fun ways to keep kids occupied and engaged, as collected over time on MindShift. 1. DIVE INTO MINECRAFT....
View ArticleCase Studies: How Teachers Use Tech to Support Learning
Erin Scott Starting the year off with ideas on the best ways to use technology to support learning, Larry Ferlazzo collected an invaluable list of criteria last year from educators, to which he added...
View ArticleMath, Physics, Languages: Minecraft is the Teachers’ Ultimate Multi-Tool
Need more convincing that Minecraft can be a powerful tool for learning? Check out this fun video from PBS Idea Channel’s Mike Rugnetta, who specifically (and very quickly) lists a number of ways the...
View ArticleCould Minecraft Be the Hook to Get Girls Interested in Coding?
As coding becomes the lingua franca of the future, girls are still hesitant to embrace it. Last year, only 18.5 percent of those who took the AP computer science test were girls, a slight drop from the...
View ArticleHow Kids Are Learning to Code While Playing Minecraft
Teachers are already capitalizing on their students’ fascination with the computer game Minecraft to teach everything from math to history. Now, a new add-on teaches kids to code their own...
View ArticleBuilding Civilizations, Brick by Digital Brick
Take a look at how teacher Joel Levin uses the online game Minecraft to teach second-grade students how to work together and build little civilizations. The video was released as one of three case...
View ArticleFor the Hesitant Teacher: Leveraging the Power of Minecraft
If there’s any video game that has successfully made its way into the classroom, it’s Minecraft. There’s a small subset of teachers using all kinds of digital games in interesting ways, but the...
View ArticleHow Online Camps Help Kids Stay Connected to STEM Skills and Mentors Year-Round
Earth’s molten core and the lost city of Atlantis are not traditional summer destinations for kids, but intrepid young campers can now contend with lava or rebuild the underwater metropolis as they...
View ArticleCan Minecraft Camp Help Open Up The Tech World To Low-Income Kids?
The cubist revolution, now in its eighth year, is thriving. That’s Minecraft cubes, of course. The game where you build virtual Lego-like worlds and populate them with people, animals and just about...
View Article4 Tools for Teaching Teamwork and Collaboration in the Classroom
Everyone — from businesses to sports franchises — is on a quest to crack the code of the perfect team. Google spent years studying their working teams and determined that success wasn’t based on “who”...
View ArticleMinecraft Mock Poll Aims To Educate Kids About Voting
At the top of a hill sits a large white building with columns and draped with American flags. It resembles the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., except for a key difference. It’s built out of...
View ArticleHow Minecraft YouTubers Made me a Better Parent During the Pandemic
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