The next several posts are the results of a great technology conference! I was able to attend lots of informative sessions, which I hope will help you, too!
Minecraft for Non-Gamers
Our county is investigating the purchase of a minecraft.edu subscription. So, I thought I'd start with these helpful tips that were shared by Lisa Montgomery and Chris Goodson.
You can see their webpage at: Http://Bit.ly/nctiesminecraft
Their webpage is great. Check it out!
This is for anyone who has never touched MineCraft.
Think of it as Legos with the ability to explore.
Rules of Minecraft:
- The world is made of blocks
- WASD letters move your character
- Spacebar makes them jump
- Have to hold w and space to move forward AND jump
- Mouse makes him rotate
- Moving the the mouse back and forth has him look up and down
- Left click is to dig
- Right click lets you drop the block
- There's a row of stuff on the bottom- these are your items
- The number keys or the wheel on your mouse let you switch between your stuff
- The hearts show you how much life you have
- When you die you drop the item you're carrying
- Use the crosshairs to decide where you're dropping the blocks
It's like a sandbox
Forces you to explore...in and out of the game.
You don't win or lose. It's all set in biomes
The Minecraft books are Lexile level 8-11 grade...but all kids are using them and learning from them.
There are over 2500 Minecraft books
There is a Minecraft wiki...probably blocked at school
Google Minecraft paper craft...makes for cool bulletin boards and class projects!
