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Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
If you've watched past episodes of Idea Channel, you know we're huge fans of Minecraft. This totally amazing video game allows you to build your own world from scratch, what not to like?!?! But it may be good for more than just fun and games. Some experts have brought Minecraft into the classroom, allowing teachers to customize lessons and students to engage with concepts in new ways. And while educational games aren't new, Minecraft has some unique advantages that could usher in a new direction in education. In the future, students across the world may spend their class time punching trees.

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Literary Links:
Classes using the game had significantly higher means than those classes that did not use the game:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pzqv0rawreremis/blunt_game_studies.pdf

Teachers documenting positive experiences w/ Minecraft:
http://minecraftedu.com/wiki/index.php?title=Real-world_Examples

Video Links:

Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7bb8bBsQ

MinecraftEdu Thoughts 02 - Probability and Gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Ulb1dCcpc

The Physics of Minecraft: Gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9_YAXao3I

Minecraft Virtual Classroom #4 - Foreign Language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36F9X1gZ1ME

A Sad Day on the Oregon Trail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj2tNbhS_ko

History of Latvia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKIeD3RxRQ

Teaching with Games: GLPC Case Study: Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mTf3j2koJA

Video Game High School:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqR3GVqib4

Music:
Roglok: http://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/21166
Binarpilot: http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/661417/geeks
Level 5: Room for the Homeless http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a101325/level-5

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Video Added on : 20 Aug 2014 01:59 am
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