Four More Essential Plugins for Minecraft School Servers
About two years ago, I made a promise to write a follow-up to my post: Essential plugins for Minecraft servers. That post never happened. I am a bad blogger. And…
New ways to connect to GamingEdus servers
Having trouble connecting? Try our updated server address: ! Much stuff has been happening behind the scenes on our GamingEdus servers and some of it affects the way players connect…
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…
Minecraft Students are evolving. They’ll pwn teachers (and servers). And that’s awesome.
"You'll never know more than your students. And that's okay." I find myself saying that a lot to teachers looking to bring Minecraft into their classrooms. Any adult who's been…
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…
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…