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Teaching Minecraft Kids
The document discusses the educational potential of Minecraft for language learning, highlighting its interactive and engaging nature. It outlines how the game can be utilized in classrooms to teach various subjects, emphasizing its benefits for diverse learning styles, including those of unmotivated or autistic students. Additionally, it presents several teaching examples and challenges related to incorporating Minecraft into the curriculum.
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- 1. Teaching Minecraft Kids SanjaBožinović OŠ Nikole Hribara Velika Gorica sanja.bozinovic@skole.hr
- 2. Aims: • describe howthe game can be used for language learning • discuss pros and cons of using the game in the classroom
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- 4. • video gamedeveloped in Sweden by Markus Persson and his company Mojang - officially released in 2011 • bought by Microsoft for $2.5bn (£1.5bn) in September 2014 • versions to play on PC, Mac, tablet, Xbox360, smartphone • 60 million copies sold across all platforms
- 5. • create andbreak apart various kinds of blocks in three-dimensional worlds • interact with other players and blocklike mobs, or moving creatures • the purpose of the game: to build and explore
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- 7. Welcome to Minecraft wherestudents make and break worlds
- 8. Aside from theoriginal game: Minecraft EDU •TeacherGaming company licenses the game from Mojang and sells the educational version •game already sold to schools in 42 countries •new elements based on teacher feedback
- 9. YouTube videos • 41%Minecraft videos in top 20 (Jan 2015) •students go to YouTube to find solutions •students publish their own videos about what they create
- 10. Lego •a special edition •foryounger students Books •Minecraft Redstone Handbook •Minecraft Combat Handbook ...
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- 12. Who are Minecraftkids? Picture: Second-graders at a New York school put themselves and their teacher, Joel Levin, atop a museum they built in an Egyptian-themed virtual world. (TeacherGaming)
- 14. • creative kidswho like video games • students hard to reach through traditional teaching methods • autistic kids who communicate easier in the game than in real life
- 15. And teachers? • gamers •noobs in the game
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- 17. Teachers learn andshare: learn share play
- 18. Minecraft for parents •build with children (bonding) • help with servers and mods (teach about computers) • visit worlds or help with choosing kid- friendly video creators for younger kids (against cyber-bullying)
- 19. What can youteach? • school subjects • digital citizenship • cooperation instead of competition • critical thinking • developing problem solving skills • after school or lunch clubs • home schooling
- 20. Teaching EFL • Languageskills: Listening: watching YouTube videos of experts at play, in multiplayer mode Reading: texts at Minecraft wikis, “walk- through” sites, manuals, forums Speaking: with other players in the game, about the game Writing: typing in the game, contributing to game sites and discussions online
- 21. Teaching vocabulary: • Describingobjects, actions, situations... (visiting worlds) • materials and tools vocabulary (inventory) • directions (moving, describing) • verbs (building)
- 22. Task engagement: •authenticity • interaction •challenge •skillsbalance •motivation •feedback •flipping instruction/roles
- 23. Teaching with Minecraft– a few inspiring examples http://www.minecraftexperience.net/ administered by Bron Stuckey
- 24. in different contexts andlanguage levels... • Jeff Kuhn: The world is not enough (academic writing classes) classes look at how disasters occur and are managed • Marijana Smolčec about her son Filip: ” ...used to watch YouTube with no idea what people were saying, until the wall gradually dissolved as the language somehow became comprehensible”
- 25. • H. Lanphierand A. Yount: building the city’s sandstone block walls and then assigned each sixth-grader a plot of land on which to build a home in ancient Rome • Dodgson, D. (2014) ”Breaking the learning blocks – Minecraft and language learning” - students read and play
- 26. • Block byBlock - using Minecraft to involve citizens in public space design in Mexico • GeoCraft's 'Snowdon: http://www.agent4change.net/innovation/innovati
- 27. My Minecraft Experience -task types: 1. ”What is Minecraft for me?” Task: Discuss (in pairs and in group) questions about the game (what, why and how we play). Write 150 words (individual work). Read and discuss in group.
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- 29. 2. Crafting Dictations(pair work) Task: Imagine a simple scene in Minecraft. Describe it in details to your partner and watch him/her build. Discuss the errors/differences in understanding the terms.
- 30. 3. Our MinecraftDictionary Task: Think of the most important words to understand Minecraft . Try to create your own dictionary definitions. Write, correct, add to the dictionary on the blog. http://minecraftfunatschool.blogspot.com/
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- 32. Minecraft story in7 words: http://bit.ly/1HmIvBs
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- 34. 4. Describe aplace Task: Bring a screenshot of a place you built in Minecraft. Present it to your classmates and be ready to answer their questions. In writing, describe your own or your colleague’s picture.
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- 36. 5.Crafting a lessonfrom the book Task: Read carefully the lesson and discuss how to build it as a Minecraft scene. Divide crafting within the team. Create a video or take screenshots of your scene. Present the work to the class and be ready to answer questions.
- 37. David, Dominik andRobert, Grade 6
- 38. Domagoj, Marin andKristijan, Grade 6:
- 39. 6. How to...videos/screenshots •Task: What can you teach your noob teacher? Make a video or take a screenshot. Prepare a short speech explaining how to do things in the game.
- 41. 7.Joe’s tips, mytips – a discussion •Discuss the tips a Minecraft player gives to his parents/teachers. Do you agree? •Comment and add more tips.
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- 44. 8. Minecraft wordcards: Create illustrations for the words from the course book. Add them to the word cards created in Quizlet (http://quizlet.com)
- 45. Students blog • MinecraftFun at School http://minecraftfunatschool.blogspot.com/
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- 47. Advantages: • motivation • fun •creative • authentic • attracts students who are not usually attracted by PBL
- 48. Challenges: • a paidgame • time consuming • needs careful planning of language activities • availability of computer room at school • availability of the game at school
- 49. E-to open Inventory (Literature): •Minecraft and MinecraftEdu Resourceshttp://www.minecraftercamp.com/res ources.html • STEM Curriculum Resources by Dr. Wesley Fryer (a website): http://stem.wesfryer.com/home/maker- studio/minecraftedu
- 50. • Minecraft wiki: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_Wiki? cookieSetup=true •Stevens V., Smolčec M., Smolčec F., (2014)Using Minecraft for Learning English http://www.tesl- ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume18/ej70/ej70int/ • YouTube playlist of student projects: https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLAB1A4A258269FDFB
- 51. • MinecraftExperience Wiki http://www.minecraftexperience.net/ •Articles in The Washington Post http://wapo.st/1lwxF2q, in The Guardian http://bit.ly/1HGKIaF ... • blogs posts and links in COPs
- 52. • Books: Teachercraft: HowTeachers Learn to Use Minecraft in their Classrooms by S. Dikkers The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft by S. O’Brien Minecraft Handbooks (Essential, Redstone, Combat) by Scholastic
- 53. Time for Questions andAnswers sanja.bozinovic@skole.hr ?
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