When students use tools they enjoy, such as Minecraft Education, they become more engaged in learning as they show what they know.

If you answered yes to any of the above, you are probably a Minecraft kid. And you’re not alone. More than 9.6 million people have downloaded the video game in little more than a year.

The SMART Response XE is a handheld computer that was originally sold for use in the classroom as a terminal for pupils taking tests. It’s now cheap enough on the surplus market to have become a ...

The popular video game Minecraft has made its way into Juneau high school classrooms.A graduate education course at the University of Alaska Southeast showed teachers how to implement the game in ...

Instructors use Minecraft to teach everything from coding and math, to history, geography and civil engineering. Students can work on assignments inside and outside of the classroom.

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 ...

It's called Minecraft: Education Edition, and it brings a new version of Minecraft to the classroom. Sort of.

Minecraft is the best-selling independent game of all time, but its use in the real world – in urban development, mapping, history and the arts – makes it a crucial resource for building the ...

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.

A version of Minecraft customized for the classroom will give educators new tools and options to tailor the boundless game world to lesson plans.

These possibilities aren't lost on one educator, Joel Levin, who is, as Ars Technica reports, using Minecraft as a tool to teach various lessons within his classroom.

Minecraft, a game some kids are borderline addicted to at home is now available for schools via Minecraft Education Edition.