Here are some of her tips to get started and sustain enthusiasm for Minecraft Education: You do not have to know how to use Minecraft Education to use Minecraft Education in your classroom. “What if I ...

Benefit 4: Minecraft can promote social learning Social and observational learning is widely recognized as a powerful approach to education, and this approach can be applied when using Minecraft in ...

Minecraft could help engage students in science, technology, engineering and math. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO) The popular video game Minecraft has made its way into Juneau high school classrooms.

To that end, many of my Minecraft worlds have been designed and created by students. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Getting Started with the Minecraft ...

This week, Microsoft announced that it had acquired MinecraftEDU and would release a new version of the game, named Minecraft: Education Edition. Microsoft's new edition will have a few special tools ...

Minecraft can be used to strengthen lessons in health, geology, geography and other subjects. I think Minecraft is much better than most other games because it is creative, fun and exciting.

Minecraft Education Edition is out now and costs schools $5 per student. If you’d like to get it into a school in your neighborhood, you can check out education.minecraft.net.

Microsoft, which bought Minecraft for $2.5 billion in 2014, hopes to see scenes like this one play out in classrooms around the world next school year. Today the tech giant unveiled the education ...

Minecraft is not just the world’s most successful PC game – teachers are now using it in the classroom to get kids excited about learning.

Microsoft this summer plans to launch a classroom edition of its building-block game “Minecraft,” which it acquired in 2014 when it paid $2.5 billion for Mojang AB.

Like the consumer versions of Minecraft, Education Edition will receive version updates over time to ensure that the software stays up to date, as well as introduce new game features. The first ...