Load Saved MinecraftEDU World on School Server
Today I’m making final arrangements and tweaks to the “MinecraftEDU Orienteering Challenge” my 4th and 5th grade STEM students will be completing this week in class. As I moved this saved world to the...
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Free MinecraftEDU Server Remote Control Options for Mac Users
Next week I’m starting a three part, six day MinecraftEDU lesson with my 4th and 5th grade STEM students which will be a mathematical “building challenge” similar to but a little different than what I...
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Great STEM Conversations About Perimeter in MinecraftEDU
Today was a great day in our grade 4-5 STEM classroom. Last year I used MinecraftEDU with my students for several different lessons, and I tried a “perimeter and area building challenge,” but this year...
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Amazed by Edgar’s Design Creativity in Minecraft
Earlier this week one of my 4th grade STEM students, Edgar, visited me in my classroom after school with his mom. He brought his Android tablet computer, which he’s been using for the past several...
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Exemplary MinecraftEDU Water Challenge Build
One of my 5th grade STEM students this semester, Phoebie, did a great job in the MinecraftEDU station of our Maker’s Studio this month. Students used the “Water Challenge Remix” world and project in...
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Students & Teachers Explain Benefits of MinecraftEDU [VIDEO]
Thanks to this post last week by Joel Soloman (@mole555) in the “Minecraft Teachers Google Group” I saw this excellent 7.5 minute video featuring interviews with both students and teachers, explaining...
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Explain Everything Minecraft iPad Project (Treehouse Challenge on Area &...
Today in STEM class my 4th and 5th graders used the iPad app “Explain Everything” for the first time to start narrated slideshow videos about the “Treehouse Challenge” project we’ve spent three lessons...
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Learn About Coding & Minecraft: Saturday April 18 at PLAYDATE OKC (free!)
Would you like to learn more about free apps students can use at school and at home to learn basic computer programming? (These include HopScotch and Scratch Jr.) Would you like to learn more about...
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MinecraftEDU House Spanish Labeling Challenge
Today I co-taught a lesson with one of our middle school Spanish teachers called the “MinecraftEDU House Spanish Labeling Challenge.” Students worked with a partner to build a house in MinecraftEDU,...
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How Microsoft is Poised to Destroy MinecraftEDU
As an elementary STEM teacher turned technology director, I’m extremely enthusiastic about the positive potential for students and teachers to use MinecraftEDU software to create powerful learning...
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Minecraft Halloween Challenge: Lessons Learned
ContentsMinecraftEDU Software RocksDifferentiate for Age and ExperienceIntel I7 HorsepowerMultiple Challenges AvailableEngaging the Creativity of Student OrganizersGreat Opportunity for Adults to Play...
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Podcast 434: Discovering Useful New Ideas as a Connected Educator (October 2015)
This podcast primarily features a recording from the October 22, 2015, OACTE, OEQA, OATE Fall Conference in Edmond, Oklahoma, held at the University of Central Oklahoma. The recorded session was my...
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Deep Work and the Race to Minecraft
Last Thursday was the last day of our second trimester at school, and therefore the end of my second opportunity in 2019-20 to teach Digital and Media Literacy to 5th and 6th Graders. As classroom...
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Virtual Minecraft Camps for Elementary and Middle School Students: June 2020
Update June 2, 2020: mdtech.casady.org/minecraft has updated information about both these upcoming virtual Minecraft camps for students. Five years ago, our youngest daughter (then age 11)...
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Quickly Convert Minecraft EE Portfolio PDFs into JPG Images
The past two weeks I have led and taught “virtual Minecraft summer camps” for elementary and middle school students, with the help of a fantastic team of high school volunteers who have earned service...
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