Minecraft 05: Students Start Virtual Project Based Learning

"Reconstruct an ancient Greek structure to scale. Later, you will take a visiting student on a virtual guided tour explaining everything you know about the building and its' purpose in ancient times. Your visitor should be amazed at how smart you are." That is the educational Minecraft project, in a nutshell. There aren't a lot of criteria. I [...]

Posted by milesmac on January 9th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Gamification, Projects

This IS the "Real World"

"I love it when my alarm goes off and I can hear the music while I'm still asleep. It's cool when the real world is in my dreams." So said my 8 year old son this morning. It reminded me of a saying I once heard (and can no longer remember the source) about everything [...]

Posted by milesmac on December 22nd, 2011 | 2 Comments Posted in Pedagogy