by liam | Sep 27, 2014 | gamebasedlearning, Teacher's Guide, video games
Look what came in the mail today. Kano! 🙂 You might also enjoy: An Overdue Tour of the Multi-School Minecraft Server Cube World: the next video game your students will be talking about Minecraft Students are evolving. They’ll pwn teachers (and servers). And...
by liam | Sep 21, 2014 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy
This was meant to be a post about using Minecraft Pocket Edition with Grade 1 students. But given the giant paper clip in the room, that post will have to wait.
Instead, I’m going to write about what the recent Microsoft purchase of Minecraft could mean for educators, students and myself. [Click the post title to read more . . . ]
by liam | Sep 14, 2014 | appearances, gamebasedlearning, literacy
Last Friday morning, I took a detour on my way to school to the CBC building downtown.
I wasn’t lost. I had been invited to chat with Matt Galloway on Metro Morning to discuss, you guessed it, Minecraft.
by liam | Aug 1, 2014 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, video games, writing news
[This post originally appeared on GamingEdus.org, but I figured folks dropping by here might like to read it too!] If you’ve been near a young Minecraft fan lately, you’ll know that this year’s must-have items aren’t the creeper hoodies or pink...
by liam | Jul 13, 2014 | education, gaming, literacy, video games, works in progress, writing news
They say write what you know. I know Minecraft and I know writing for kids. Combining the two seemed like a natural fit and the beginnings of a really fun project. The Battle for Minecraft saga begins . . . With an idea brewing, I sat down and spent the last month...