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ETFO ICT conference for Women Technology and Teachers

On May 30th Jen Apgar and Denise Colby presented at the ETFO ICT Conference for Women: Technology for Teachers. They spoke about the ways Minecraft can be used to enrich the…
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Using Student Interest Without Being an Expert

Site of home and bridge building at the Jean Augustine Girls' Leadership Academy (TDSB) area in the Minecraft Multi School Server. My student teacher @megpolley has never played Minecraft. She…
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Switching to MinecraftEdu

The 2 weeks before March break I decided to try out MinecraftEdu with my class and Minecraft club.  I have nine Minecraft accounts and that limits the number of students…
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Perseverance in the Face of Technology

Perseverance is: "a steady persistence in a course of especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles or discouragement" ().   We try and scaffold our students' learning so that they develop this character trait, along…
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Gamertags / Naming Your Avatar

When servers get crowded clear gamertags are handy! I have a few names that I have used repeatedly as I hop from one computer game to another.  There are two…
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