Esports Spotlight: Prospects are set to soar in Gold Rush Make and Model
Today our #MinecraftEdu #Esports Spotlight explores our #MakeAndModel Gold Rush world. Like the other worlds in the Make and Model genre, it promotes the higher order cognitive skills as advocated by Bloom and others; creative thinking, problem solving and reasoning in addition to enabling students to develop a range of 21st Century skills such as effective communication, negotiation, active listening, leadership, collaboration and dynamic, responsive decision-making. Moreo
Esports Spotlight: The Hidden Treasure in Pirate Cove
What are students learning when they play competitively in collaborative teams against the clock? These Minecraft Esports worlds were design
The Transformative Power of Play
During this challenging time of social distancing, lockdown, and learning from home, many of us are learning what it means to adapt to change quickly, and finding that it takes time to adjust! There are good days, where we’re highly productive and in flow and there are days where we really find it hard to get going. According to Emotion Life Lab, this response is actually completely normal in adjusting to uncertainty, in what they refer to as The Corona Rollercoaster: If adul
Social & Emotional Learning and the Power of Perspective
When we explore Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), there are many tools and strategies that are available for us to use and promote within our classroom. However, perspective-taking (or the ability to view a situation from different perspectives, and therefore make sense of others’ thoughts and feelings) is a hugely important step in developing empathy - a cornerstone of social and emotional learning. In an article by educational psychologist, Hunter Gehlbach, social pers
Exploring the Potential for Powerful Real-World Learning with Minecraft
In this blog we explore the ways in which Minecraft can be used as a tool for exploration of complex real-world issues, by creating safe dig
The Refugee Crisis
2/05/2018 - Breaking News: Shelling continues on British cities as Prime Minister Theresa May calls for international aid. British streets are in chaos as artillery and tank fire levels homes and landmarks. British citizens are being forced to leave in their thousands, heading to ports for boats to the US as Europe falls. Leaders in Africa and the Middle East are being urged to open borders to help the flow of refugees leaving Europe. Iceland, Canada and parts of Scandinavia
Our #SmallSouthAfrica #Minecraftedu map is finished :)
Designed to accompany our Microsoft #ProblemBasedLearning course (https://education.microsoft.com/courses-and-resources/courses/problem-based-learning) we've used it with teachers from all over Africa to explore some of the prime issues facing South Africa today. So far we've see it used to explore: - Ethical mining practices
- Clean water access
- Urban development and social housing
- Education for girls
- Tax expenditure
- Xenophobia
- Human rights
- Conservation an
