Photo credit: Kevin Jarrett via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Minecraft is no longer a new tool in the field of game-based learning. Because Minecraft has such open possibilities and potential, teachers have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minecraft in Education portal aims to get educators sharing tips on how Mojang’s popular game can be used to teach children Millions of children are already playing Minecraft at home, whether on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, Microsoft announced "Minecraft: Education Edition," a special version of the smash-hit game that's designed for the classroom. Microsoft already pai Mojang, publisher of the main Minecraft game ...