Benefit 4: Minecraft can promote social learning Social and observational learning is widely recognized as a powerful approach to education, and this approach can be applied when using Minecraft in ...

It's not as daunting as you might think to start using Minecraft in the classroom--here are some ideas to help you get started By now, pretty much everyone knows what Minecraft is. If you’re just ...

Microsoft has taken another step towards making Minecraft a feature of contemporary education, setting up an online community where educators can congregate and share ideas. In a Tumblr post ...

A Spanish teacher gives us the low-down on how the open world game can engage language learners in new ways. Glen Irvin has taught Spanish for the past 13 years at Wabasha-Kellogg High School in ...

Microsoft teamed up with Digital School and the Association of Friends of Youth Ljubljana Moste-Polje to organise a Minecraft challenge hackathon entitled “Dream Classroom”. Thirty children from ...

Michael Dezuanni receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is affiliated with the Children and Youth Research Centre and the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT. If you know children ...