The popular video game Minecraft has made its way into Juneau high school classrooms. A graduate education course at the University of Alaska Southeast showed teachers how to implement the game in ...

It’s easier than you think to begin using Minecraft Education in your classroom. During an FETC 2023 session, technology specialist Kristen Brooks from the Cherokee County School District offered an ...

Do you dream about books of enchantment? Do you know the difference between sandstone and cobblestone? Does the word "creeper" give you, well, the creeps? If you answered yes to any of the above, you ...

Microsoft is further expanding on its investment in Minecraft, bought in 2014 for $2.5 billion, by acquiring a learning game called MinecraftEdu for an undisclosed sum. The game, produced by a company ...

Minecraft: Education Edition can now integrate with Microsoft Teams. Educators can embed a Flipgrid topic, Forms quiz, or an assessment tool into a Minecraft world. Microsoft also announced Minecraft: ...

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 ...

PLAYMAKERS is an exploration of the experiences and innovations that are leading the way for learning design in the 21st century. Produced by Institute of Play, the seven videos in the PLAYMAKERS ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. Imagine learning about ancient Egypt and then being able to construct your own pyramid that is accurately ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Much to the glee of young blockheads everywhere, Microsoft is positioning Minecraft as the next big building block in education. The ...

From a single living creature's cell to an entire city, Minecraft: Education Edition is giving students new spaces in which to learn. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Four eighth graders in a game development elective course at William Annin Middle School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, have a new assignment: Beta testing their friend’s new Minecraft game, set to ...