Multi-School Minecraft server in action!
I do a lot of talking about alternative literacies in education, like graphic novels and video games. On Friday, February 1st, I’ll will be talking Minecraft with my GamingEdu pals at the Ontario Library Association’s Super Conference 2013in Toronto.
Librarians and Teacher-Librarians from across the province (and beyond) will be in town to talk books, libraries and other fun stuff. We’ll be there to talk about our Multi-School Minecraft server project and hopefully blow some stuff up (in game, of course).
I’m really excited for this year’s Super Conference because normally I’m there as a children’s author. That’s fun because I get to sign my latest book and meet the amazing people who get my stories into the hands of young readers.
This year, I’m going as a Teacher-Librarian to show how myself, Denise Colby and Diana Maliszewski use video games like Minecraft in our libraries.
We’ll be talking about the successes and challenges of our Multi-School Minecraft server project, where 30 kids from 3 inner-city schools share 1 Minecraft server. They build together, kill together and then write about it all on their shared wiki.
We gave a similar talk in October at the ECOO 2012 Conference and it was a blast, literally. We brought a bunch of laptops and invited teachers to play on the server. It was a loud, chaotic mess of learning and fun. And we’re doing it again.
If can’t make it to Toronto, but you’re interested in learning more about using Minecraft with your students, come play with us on our Professional Learning Minecraft Server. We’re n00bing it up nightly.
If you are coming to the OLA Super Conference, drop by our talk at 3:45 on Friday, Feb 1st and say hi!
We’ll save some TNT for you.
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