The Minecraft Teacher

Long time no post. So one day I had this idea to use Minecraft in my class. It worked really, really well. It was transformative for both my students and myself. It was like discovering a new se...

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My Tumblr turned five today. It’s certainly been an interesting five years!

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minecraftedu : > As you might have already heard, Microsoft will be acquiring > MinecraftEdu. You can read their announcement here > . We’ll be posting > FAQ on our w...

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We recently received this letter in our mailbox, and I thought I’d share my reply. > Hello Ethan!  >  > My name is Joel Levin. I’m one of the owners of TeacherGaming, the >...

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via minecraftedu: : TeacherGaming is proud to announce ComputerCraftEdu , a new and unique mod for Minecraft and MinecraftEdu . Using the mod, players learn to code within the familiar and endl...

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Autumn MinecraftEdu Update : I just posted this over on the MinecraftEdu homepage. Good rundown on what we’ve been up to lately. I’ve been more active behind-the-scenes lately. Consequen...

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I’m hoping that you will consider helping out a truly remarkable individual and one of the unsung heroes of the Minecraft community. In the three years that I’ve been working with Minecraft...

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After a long winter of bug fixing, polishing, and cramming in new features, we are delighted to announce that MinecraftEdu has been updated.  As always, MinecraftEdu customers can grab the lates...

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MinecraftEdu: How to Connect with MinecraftEdu : From the official MinecraftEdu  news feed: > The past several months have been busy ones!  >  > Schools from all corners of t...

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My blog has been sorely neglected for far too long.  I do apologize.  But I thought I’d dash out a quick note to reflect on a few things.  And perhaps give thanks as us Americans are prone t...

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Come play MinecraftEdu! : minecraftedu : > We are really proud of how far MinecraftEdu has come in a short > time, and so we’re excited to start showing it off and ...

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MinecraftEdu: New Features and Summer Plans : minecraftedu : > Things are moving fast for the TeacherGaming Team. As we begin > Summer, those of us with academic jobs are ...

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TEENS PLAYING MINECRAFTEDU AT THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY’S MINECRAFT JAM. I recently participated in a Minecraft Jam at the Brooklyn Public library.  It was an amazing event and I will be s...

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UPDATE: You can now watch my entire panel discussion (and the rest of the conference) right here: http://events.theatlantic.com/technologies-education/2012/  (direct video link ) ORIGINAL:...

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Mapping out a Hunger Games activity for a library Minecraft Jam with @pathough . Really excited to explore themes of the book with Highschool age kids!  No arena deathmatch, but there might well...

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Recently, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Jessica Millstone a filmmaker and researcher working with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.  She, along the good folks at BrainPOP such as All...

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The talented and handsome @warrenbez has taken the initiative to start a great server project for teachers using MinecraftEdu.  I’ll let him explain: > I am setting up a MinecraftEDU�...

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Lately I haven’t been posting here when me or my projects are covered in the media.  Mostly because I got sick of talking about myself.  ;) But there have been two really good pieces lately...

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Students and fellow teachers!  I need your help for a super-secret, super-exciting project that I’m working on.  I need a large number of testimonials and soundbites about why Minecraft is so...

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Recently some spirited debate has unfolded between several teachers whose work I admire and whose opinions I respect.  And there seems to be a rift forming about the “correct” way to use Min...

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