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Age is just a number

During summer school (July 2014 to be exact), my Grade 3 students interacted with Denise Colby's Grade 6-7 students on the Ryerson University sponsored multi-school Minecraft server. Both classes were…
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Interview with a Minecrafter (Ellaprincess)

Adult made spheres from our professional play server. This summer I had the chance to sit down and chat with a 10 year old minecrafter named Ellaprincess.  She's known about…
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The Best Laid Plans (get trashed and get better)

A few weeks ago, Denise Colby wrote about her summer school experience with Minecraft. As she mentioned, I had the great opportunity to incorporate Minecraft much more thoroughly in my…
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Design and Build

This summer I taught summer school for the Toronto District School Board's Model Schools Inner City (MSIC) program.  This year the MSIC added a STEM task to the Math and…
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How those Minecraft books got my students reading . . .

The three most coveted books on our Grade 1 class library. Are you surprised? If you've been near a young Minecraft fan lately, you'll know that this year's must-have items…
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Skin Deep: a discussion about choice in MinecraftEdu with gr. 4/5 girls

A Little Background As I may have already said, I am a teacher a in a program of choice in the Toronto District School Board, namely; the Jean Augustine Girls'…
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Minecraft Negotiations

This post first appeared on Monday Molly Musings () on Monday, June 2, 2014 under the same title. Last Tuesday, May 27, I attended a Teacher Leader Network workshop to…
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