Minecraft is changing the way people learn already it’s already having a major effect I’ve described it this weekend as an as an awakening I was truly learning with and from my students these teachers see the excitement with the students the level of engagement I think it makes them realize this is what I got into teaching for if the kids are so incredibly passionate about this game there’s obviously value in it to them it’s not that it helps kids with our difference they’ve been learning that way they’ve been learning through gaming it helps us see the way that they learn Different and I think that is the biggest game-changer minecraft is the one tool I found where the collaboration is is incredible there is a lot of potential where we have students and teachers can come into a same space and interact together hey wait is this business part right Here this part right here when we give them the license and just give them the challenge we want you to do project X Y or Z teach us what you know about biomes show us a sustainable build show us what you know about volume they’re very comfortable in that environment and it’s Really powerful to watch that happen I’ve never seen a more empowering tool for kids to use to create the students have a lot of ownership they have a lot of autonomy on an agency in that space you talk about the same experiences that computer programming gives where you’re Allowed to fail and you’re allowed to do things minecraft provides that same experience my favorite line is build a house and the magic happens when you do that to walk into the world that a child is created and to see their excitement to watch their eyes light up it is Something that you honestly have to experience at least once in your life they are able to connect what they’re doing their actions and in this seemingly play game environment but they begin to make connections to their learning and when they’re doing that and you’re only bounded by your imagination The sky is really the limit it’s so often I guess these times in education when we feel like we can’t take a leap and do something that isn’t planned it isn’t tested that isn’t something that fits into the confines of a textbook but when you look at kids loving learning And learning that we didn’t define nothing speaks louder than that my feeling is let’s tap into the way kids learn you know let’s embrace that and let’s bring that into the classroom and when we can do that we’ve really you know made something happen the dynamic of the classroom has really changed it’s Refreshing to see that that you know who kids want to be creative kids want to UM have this just clean open slate to do whatever they can or want you know or dream that doesn’t happen in classrooms normally but I think more and more minecraft is going to be able to help People figure out a collaborative digital future that they would have never imagined other ones you Video Information
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