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minecraft – Dr. Ray Pastore's Instructional Technology Blog https://raypastore.com/wordpress Sun, 19 May 2024 11:29:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 166124113 What can you learn from games anyway? https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2015/07/what-can-you-learn-from-games-anyway/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2015/07/what-can-you-learn-from-games-anyway/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:06:30 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=2839 I love video games, I love my Team Murder Mystery Game and I love the lessons that they can teach to kids. So what can we learn? Well obviously a game geared towards math can teach a kid math but that is not what this post is focusing on. What I want to focus on are the FIVE MAJOR skills that you can learn when playing video games such as League of Legends, World of Warcraft, and Minecraft (keep in mind that not all games do these things so you need to be selective) or maybe online casino games (you can get info bout this games in https://glitchrunners.co.uk/casinos/our-hello-casino-review-for-2021/) :

  1. You will lose. You cannot always win and games teach you that you will lose. I believe this is great because in today’s watered down culture we give kids trophies for trying in addition to winning. Games do not work that way. You only get the prize if you win. This is an important lesson that needs to be fully understood by kids so they know that they need to work hard to win in life. Feel the difference with สัมผัสความแตกต่างกับ UFABET.
  2. Problem solving. You will learn to problem solve. You don’t like losing? Guess what, you need to keep playing and practicing to get better just like real life.
  3. Teamwork. This is a skill that kids learn in sports, it’s super important in things like escape the room west chester because you won’t manage to get out without teamwork. You cannot win a game by yourself. However, not all kids play sports. If a kid does not play sports I would definitely make sure they learn teamwork from a very young age and multiplayer games are a great way to accomplish this.
  4. Communication. You have to communicate with your team virtual in games. This is a great skill as many jobs are now virtual and you need to communicate with team mates, a boss, and clients in a virtual environment. You will learn how to greet, sign on/off, and online speak in general.
  5. Your imagination is the limit. Games like minecraft allow you to build and construct. Literally your imagination is the limit. This teaches kids to invent and create things that are not there. This thinking outside of the box is a skill that managers want and a skill that innovators like Bill Gates have. If you are passionate about gaming, this streaming setup will be a perfect guide for you.
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Student Showcase – Surviving your first night in Minecraft https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2015/03/student-showcase-surviving-your-first-night-in-minecraft/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2015/03/student-showcase-surviving-your-first-night-in-minecraft/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:28:42 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=2790 Here are two tutorials developed by students in my Gaming and Simulation course on how to survive your first night in Minecraft. Please check them out. These were done as part of an in class activity on Minecraft:

How to Survive Your First Night in Minecraft

Minecraft

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Create a custom lesson or activity in minecraft https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2015/03/create-a-custom-lesson-or-activity-in-minecraft/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2015/03/create-a-custom-lesson-or-activity-in-minecraft/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:34:50 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=2774 So you want to create a custom game or lesson in minecraft? Here are the steps.

1. First you need to create your seed. A seed is your world. Minecraft automatically generates one for you but this tutorials walks you through creating one yourself:

http://www.howtogeek.com/school/htg-guide-to-minecraft/lesson12/

2. Learning how to craft. You need to learn how to make your world. Use this guide which shows you how to create simple mining tools to buttons and levers.

http://www.minecraft-craftingguide.com/index.html

3. Once you know how to craft you need to decide what you want to do. What are your goals? There are so many things to do that its impossible to post even 1% of them here. Once you know what you want to do you need to find tutorials to help you. Fortunately the minecraft community is huge so there are tons out there. For example, here is a good tutorial on how to create a quest in minecraft:

4. Once you have created your world you need to share it. How can you do that? You can use a server or let people download your files. To share your files with others, check out the following tutorial:

http://www.howtogeek.com/school/htg-guide-to-minecraft/lesson13/

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Microsoft buy Minecraft https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2014/09/microsoft-buy-minecraft/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2014/09/microsoft-buy-minecraft/#respond Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:46:11 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=2648 Yes the rumors have finally been confirmed. MS has bought Mojang for 2.5 billion. What are my thoughts on this? Well I think MS is doing a lot of cool things so I am excited. Actually not much in minecraft will really change. Skype hasn’t really changed much imo since MS acquired them several years ago.

 

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/15/technology/minecraft-microsoft/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Minecraft in Education https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2014/03/minecraft-in-education-2/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2014/03/minecraft-in-education-2/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:36:44 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=2543 Last night in my Gaming and Simulation class my students had the opportunity to play Minecraft (Now they are busy writing lesson plans on the game). Here is a nice video which very quick summarizes some of the uses Minecraft has in education

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Great Britain in Minecraft – 86,000 miles https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2013/09/great-britain-in-minecraft-86000-miles/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2013/09/great-britain-in-minecraft-86000-miles/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:26:45 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=2321 Someone has way too much free time however this is absolutely awesome. Much potential in this game if people develop things like this.

View it: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraft-map-britain.html

minecraft great britain

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Minecraft in Education https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/06/minecraft-in-education/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/06/minecraft-in-education/#respond Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:16:00 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=1406 Check out the minecraftinschool wiki created by Lucas Gillispie (a former student in the MIT program at UNCW). This blog discusses how to set up minecraft for your classroom, provides sample projects, lessons plans, and even has sample student projects. This is very well done and I encourage you to check it out: http://minecraftinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/37244189/FrontPage

Here is just one of the many videos Lucas has created for minecraft in his classroom (many more on the page above)

For those that are new to minecraft, check out this video:

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Minecraft on xbox 360 sells 1 million copies in first week! https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/05/minecraft-on-xbox-360-sells-1-million-copies-in-first-week/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/05/minecraft-on-xbox-360-sells-1-million-copies-in-first-week/#respond Mon, 14 May 2012 21:48:49 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=1189 From IGN: http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/14/minecraft-on-360-sells-over-1000000

“After being out for less than a week, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has sold over 1,000,000 units. Other impressive stats were also included in today’s press release, such as 5.2 million total hours of game time and 2.4 million hours of multiplayer.”

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Minecraft released for xbox 360! https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/05/minecraft-released-for-xbox-360/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/05/minecraft-released-for-xbox-360/#respond Thu, 10 May 2012 01:22:46 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=1178 For those that have yet to try this game, it’s awesome. It also has educational value:) I currently own it on the computer, android phone, and iPad so I do not think I need it on xbox but for those that do not have it, I would encourage you to give this game a try for only $20:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Minecraft/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584111f7

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Minecraft coming to xbox 360! https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/03/minecraft-coming-to-xbox-360/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2012/03/minecraft-coming-to-xbox-360/#respond Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:47:09 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=880 Very exciting news. This is one game that has been making its way into classroom across the nation. I will be using this game in my Gaming and Simulation class next spring! It will be on xbox May 9th for $20. I do think that price is a little steep though.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/minecraft-for-xbox-360-on-may-9th/

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How to survive your first night in Minecraft https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2011/11/how-to-survive-your-first-night-in-minecraft/ https://raypastore.com/wordpress/2011/11/how-to-survive-your-first-night-in-minecraft/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:42:17 +0000 https://raypastore.com/wordpress/?p=514 I am exploring this game for my classes so I figured I would post as I learn how to use it. So far there are many possibilities for this game in education. This tutorial goes through creating your first shelter, mining, and crafting tools needed to survive that first night. I did not create this tutorial.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MqkEZn8pN4]

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