TLLP news & ECOO Minecraft Meetups
We've been busy. Yikes! We've done a lot lately and it wasn't all just killing Creepers. TLLP Training with amazing Ontario gaming educators, Connect 2014 with Zoe Pipe and the…
Buying Accounts from MinecraftEdu
Minecraft Master and GamingEdus guru Jen Apgar has created another quick video for teachers just getting started with Minecraft. This one covers Buying Accounts from MinecraftEdu and is ideal for…
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…
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…
Changing your Minecraft Game Version
For players new to Minecraft, one of the most confusing elements of the game is all this talk about "Game Versions". This page will explain what that all means and…
Two quick ways to secure your Minecraft server
Avoid griefing like this. Activate your server white-list! As Minecraft continues to storm through the world of gaming, education and everywhere else, one thing is for certain: everybody wants to…
Five Essential Plugins for Minecraft School Servers
Student-led Blaze attacks on your server can be avoided with the right plugins. (But every once and a while, they're fun!) Last November, the GamingEdus Minecraft server celebrated its first…
Getting Started in Minecraft: From Zero to Punching Wood
A few months ago, the GamingEdus team was interviewed about using Minecraft in Education by Seann Dikkers, for an upcoming book on the subject to be published by the University…
Organizing student accounts on a school Minecraft server
One of the questions I get asked a lot is how do you organize your students' accounts for your school's Minecraft server. There are many ways to do this, but…
Setting Up a Minecraft Server at Your School
In early 2011, I set up a small multi-player Minecraft server in my school library, using school computers. In early 2012, I set up a second multi-player Minecraft server as…