Sara Jarjoura and Cyrus Duczkowski discuss the potential for gamification and game-based learning in education, using Minecraft as a tool for collaborative learning and engagement. They emphasize the importance of making learning fun and motivating for students through game elements. The document also includes resources for setting up Minecraft for educational purposes, including a GitHub repository and Docker images.

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2. Hello!
I AM SARA JARJOURA
DevOps Engineer, Teradata
I am passionate about gaming and education
You can find me at @saranicole

3. Howdy!
I AM CYRUS DUCZKOWSKI
aka GRIMREAPER2015
I am here to demonstrate collaborative
learning in the Minecraft community

5. The Urge to Play
Gaming as Motivation
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6. “
Either I’m going to kill
myself or I’m going to turn
this into a game.
- Jane McGonigal
author, Reality is Broken

7. SUPERBETTER

8. Why do you play?
o “games are fun”
o “my friends play”
o “it’s challenging”

9. ???

10. Playing to Win
Games as Teachers
2

11. Gamification

12. Why not gamify schools?
Questing, looting, leveling ... oh my!

13. game-based learning for
21st-century competencies

14. But first we need a tool
... one that kids want to use

15. copies sold for PC
140,633
servers online
36,002,898 users
registered players
24,153,083 copies

16. Digging for Diamonds
Minecraft for DevOps
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17. MINECON
LIKE DEVOPS DAYS BOSTON, ONLY MINE-IER

18. Kano Computer
Minecraft Education Edition

19. Docker Image
itzg/minecraft-server
hub.docker.com
MINECRAFT FOR EVEN BIGGER NERDS
Ansible Playbook
saranicole/stem-minecraft
github.com

20. asciinema.org/a/2gojihwmv3k8urg2oujppe66q

22. DO TRY THIS AT HOME!
o * Register on cloud.digitalocean.com
o git clone saranicole/stem-minecraft.git
o pip install –Ur requirements.txt
ansible-playbook main.yml /
--private-key=~/.ssh/minecraft_key
* Costs $$ !
digitalocean.com/help/pricing-and-billing/general

24. Thanks!
ANY QUESTIONS?
You can find me at
@saranicole
sara.jarjoura@teradata.com

25. CREDITS
Special thanks to
the Duczkowski Family
Geoff Bourne (itzg) for the
Docker image

26. LINKS
Kano us.kano.me
Minecraft minecraft.net
SuperBetter superbetter.com
hub.docker.com/r/itzg/minecraft-server
Minecraft-server on Docker Hub
stem-minecraft on Github
github.com/saranicole/stem-minecraft