School uses Minecraft to teach history – BBC News
Step 2: Create the Mechanics and Build the Virtual World
Though I am a novice to Minecraft, I was able to work closely with a game designer, Claudio, to help create a realistic cell model. Using the MinecraftEdu educator tools, Claudio renamed the Minecraft tools with different chemical names. He also figured out how to make some of the materials susceptible to certain chemical tools, while being impenetrable to others. Once this mechanic was ironed out, we were very quickly able to create the world of the cell.
In the end, we had a single-player, immersive world in which students could explore the inside of a cell while using chemical tools to break through to the DNA. They were using their content knowledge to find the DNA, and they were figuring out which chemicals were necessary to dissolve the components of the cell.
Is Minecraft Educational?
Yes, we believe it is! But it’s not just us, research suggests the same. We’ll look into that later in this guide.
Some schools in the UK have started to use it in the classroom. According to this 2016 BBC News report, more than 7,000 classrooms around the world already use Minecraft in some form.
Here are our top 11 reasons why we believe Minecraft is educational, and why you don’t need to worry if your child loves this game.
Educators Across the Globe are Using Minecraft: Education Edition for Remote Learning
When schools around the world started closing in March due to the impact of COVID-19, educators had to think quickly and get creative. Many of their everyday subjects presented a challenge when it came to transferring the teaching and learning online. The physical classroom became a virtual one.
For teachers using Minecraft: Education Edition, the transition presented an opportunity for expanding the way they utilized the game as their digital learning space. We reached out to members of our community to ask how they were handling the transition, and they told us their remote learning stories. Follow along to learn about the creative ways that educators are empowering students at home!
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