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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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GBL Beyond Minecraft
(This post originally appeared on on September 14, 2014) On Sunday afternoon, I sat around shivering in my robe, recovering from a sore throat and bug that left me…
Minecraft, the paper clip and me
The future of Minecraft looms large. This image taken from here. If you built this piece of awesome, let us know so we can credit you! This was meant to…
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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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Measurement and Merriment
Last week I made reference to a math lesson that inspired a 40 minute conversation about skins in Minecraft. It was a lesson that came at the end of our…
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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…