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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Minecraft In School - Student Work


Do you think Minecraft should be used as an educational tool? Using Minecraft and the Science themes of: Gr. 6 - The Solar System & Gr. 5 - Conservation of Energy & Resources, can you come up with an educational and interesting activity? How has Minecraft been used to explore the world of Harry Potter?

13 comments:

Taylor Once said...

I think minecraft should be used as a educational tool and also i know for a fact that i can say That Gabriel and Mitchel agree. The only things is if we were to make a server i suggest we do not use mine
Me Micheal and Gabe ONLY!!!

Taylor Once said...

And for the thing about the science we could build a soler system of planets

Taylor Once said...

we could also do al the writing in signs

Taylor Once said...

And we could build pixel art of harry potter or build hogwarts

Kyle the Awesome said...

I think we should be able to use Minecraft for educational uses because we need to add fun to our digital learning. Also Minecraft has many different ways of learning like: writing on signs, making things for projects, and many more things. Finally Minecraft helps us in places like measurment, patterning,and math. P.S. Get Minecraft if you don't have it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a Michael once said...

The gr.5s can learn about conserving energy because in minecraft you use coal to cook/smelt things so you need to cinserve coal and not waste it.
Also the gr.6's can make a small sized version of our solar system while making the planets the appropriate sizes compared to each other. The gr.6's could also make a scale model of a solar eclipse.

a Michael once said...

I found a sit that said"With its open-ended nature and robust creation tools, Minecraft has been used to create some amazing things. And as one teacher learned, those very same elements that make the game so compelling also make it a great educational tool. Around two months ago, Joel Levin, a computer teacher at Manhattan's Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, decided to start using the game to teach an entire unit to his syudents and it was a huge hit" so i think we should use it. And many of the students in our class play.

sam said...

I think that minecraft would be a great educational tool it could teach you about energy and how to conserve it. The activity is to build a house and heat it. minecraft connects to harry potter by building places and buildings from harry potter.

sam said...

like hogwarts and hogsmead to connect to harry potter

Epic Olivia said...

I don't know much about Minecraft, since I just started, but I think it would be a good education tool, it would probably get all the students focused and excited to learn, and on the plus side, it would add lots of fun to the curriculum! For the Harry Potter thing I don't know but I think it would be cool if we made like King's Cross Station, Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, The Burrow, Hagrid's Hut, and all that stuff that it would take me forever and like
one billion and one lines to name :) but I think it's a good idea! I think I've used up enough lines and energy (see, I'm adding what I learned in science!) so um yeah, I hope I proved my point!

Lindsay said...

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BEST GAME IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!

the real lindsay said...

kyle posted that i like minecraft but i hate it it is useless

Ingrid said...

Lindsay Kyle wouldn't do that.