An Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft® in the Classroom : Ideas, Inspiration, and Student Projects for Teachers by Colin Gallagher (2014, Trade Paperback)
Learn how educators are using Minecraft as a powerful instructional tool to engage students and teach subjects as varied as math and humanities. This book offers ten classroom projects from teachers teaching with Minecraft, for math, science, languages, and more. Each project includes learning objectives, project organization and tasks, and ideas for reflection and assessments. You''ll also find detailed instructions for setting up and running a Minecraft server in the classroom, both the regular and the popular MinecraftEdu versions. In this book, you''ll discover * What Minecraft is and why it''s such an engaging tool for the classroom. * How to set up and administer servers that students use for their projects. * What MinecraftEdu is, how to set up and manage it, and how to use its teacher controls. * Techniques for using the game in special-education settings. * Step-by-step instructions for printing 3D models of your classroom projects. * Ways to use the game in a variety of different subject areas. You''ll find essential advice and captivating projects for using Minecraft to enhance students'' learning experience from educators using Minecraft in the Classroom: Shane Asselstine, Dan Bloom, André Chercka, Adam Clarke, Stephen Elford, Colin Gallagher, David Lee, John Miller, Eric Walker, and James York.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peachpit Press
ISBN-10
0133858014
ISBN-13
9780133858013
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201584912
Product Key Features
Author
Colin Gallagher
Publication Name
Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft® in the Classroom : Ideas, Inspiration, and Student Projects for Teachers
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
7.1in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Lb1029.G3m56 2015
Table of Content
1. Introduction2. What is Minecraft?3. MinecraftEdu-Setup, advantages/disadvantages4. Minecraft Vanilla-Setup, advantages/disadvantages5. Minecraft Personal Edition-iPads/Android6. Minecraft in Education - Why?7. Minecraft and Teaching Humanities8. Minecraft and Teaching Science9. Minecraft and Teaching Math10. Minecraft and Language Learning11. Minecraft and Interdisciplinary Projects12. Minecraft and Digital Citizenship13. Minecraft and Homeschooling14. Minecraft in Education-The Future