Not a gamer? Have no fear because your students are, and their excitement will draw you into the Minecraft world! Learn how Celeste Junior High is engaging students across the curriculum with MinecraftEDU.
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Minecraftedu at Celeste junior high school
Welcome to our MinecraftEDU in the Celeste Junior High classroom site. Our school has approximately 120 students in 6th through 8th grades and around 15 staff members. We are presently in our second year of using MinecraftEDU with our students, and we have observed some amazing transformations in the classroom as a result. It hasn't been fault free, but we are beginning to get the hang of it. The most rewarding aspect of MinecraftEDU is observing the student engagement, collaboration and excitement for learning. We hope that sharing some of our experiences with setup, student expectations and classroom integration will help you Teleport your Classroom successfully!
A word from Celeste isd students . . .
What is Minecraft?
The following information was obtained from the book,
Minecraft in the Classroom - Colin Gallagher, Editor:
Minecraft is . . .
Adult Non-gamer: Digital Lego
Adult Gamer: Sandbox game (roam, explore, select tasks in a virtual world) where you place and remove blocks to build
Kids: Game of intelligence, imagination and creativity where you build with blocks
Minecraft in the Classroom - Colin Gallagher, Editor:
Minecraft is . . .
Adult Non-gamer: Digital Lego
Adult Gamer: Sandbox game (roam, explore, select tasks in a virtual world) where you place and remove blocks to build
Kids: Game of intelligence, imagination and creativity where you build with blocks
Minecraft Basics:
- Creative Mode: Primarily used in education (minimal distractions, no time spent finding resources or crafting)
- Survival Mode: Health/Hunger/Monsters (Used in education to teach food production/food webs/food chains)
- Single-player or Multiplayer
- Pocket Edition (iOS and Android) - Minecraft touch technology interface system
- Gaming Mode such as Xbox
- Simple Controls: PC/Mac Desktop Version - Basic moves with keyboard and mouse
Why Minecraft in Education?
- Collaboration: Working together to complete a task
- Negotiating, listening, following directions, accepting criticism
- Working with people can be challenging in school/life
- Negotiating, listening, following directions, accepting criticism
- Creativity
- Art, design, architecture, urban planning
- Differentiation
- Visual, interactive, informational
- Digital Citizenship
- Vital for managing a digital life for our students
- Learn about property ownership (Griefing)
- Teaches responsibility and respect
- NOTHING ONLINE IS TEMPORARY
- Vital for managing a digital life for our students
- Engagement
- Students creative space
- Fun
- In most educational games, the education aspect comes first. With Minecraft, the creativity takes a higher priority.
- Independence
- Even the youngest students can take control, own it, and be in charge of creativity
- Leadership
- Gives students opportunity to lead, organize and mentor
- Relevance
- Technology - Students born into a "device" driven world
STudents share stem project made with Touchcast for iPad
MINECRAFT embedded in Touchcast Studio for iPad