mercer_minecraft

Welcome to Stacy Mercer's Technology Project! MinecraftEdu is a school-ready remix of the original smash hit game Minecraft, played by over 30 million people worldwide. Created by teachers for classroom use and officially supported by Mojang, the company behind Minecraft. Teachers in over 40 countries use MinecraftEdu in every subject area from STEM to Language, to History, to Art. Many lessons and activities are made available for free, and there is a vibrant, active teacher community exploring the uses of this game. I chose this topic because my school purchased MinecraftEdu over a year ago and no one had used it before I began playing with my students. I wanted to learn more about how I can use game-based learning with my students across curriculum content areas. http://services.minecraftedu.com/wiki/What_is_MinecraftEd media type="custom" key="27212648" width="545" height="368" align="center"
 * The topic that I chose for my presentation is using MinecraftEdu in the classroom to encourage communication and collaboration according to Common Core State Standards **

The ** RED ** hearts are links to the Minecraft and MinecraftEdu websites where you can purchase and acquire the necessary software to implement this technology with your students. The ** GREEN ** arrows are links to the Minecraft and MinecraftEdu wikis that support the content use of this technology. The ** YELLOW ** stars are links to Common Sense Graphite resources about Minecraft and MinecraftEdu. The ** BLACK ** hearts are links to various articles and blogs that support the use of Minecraft and MinecraftEdu and pedagogical considerations about why using this technology in the classroom is an effective, efficient means of integrating technology based on the TPACK model. ** Click here to view a Screen-O-Cast of my presentation ** media type="vimeo" key="119922736" height="262" width="510" align="left"

** Click here to view videos of my students and I playing MinecraftEdu ** media type="custom" key="27212170" width="937" height="535"