Why Gamification is still BS
About two years ago, I gave up trying to tell teachers why Gamification isn't new, bold or innovative. In the past, I'd jump into any Twitter discussion and try to…
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…
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…
Multi-School MinecraftEDU Server Launches!
A lunch time Multi-School Minecrafter messes with Quantum Physics using the qCraft mod. When we first started the Multi-School Minecraft server three years ago, MinecraftEDU was merely a twinkle in…