Microsoft is further expanding on its investment in Minecraft, bought in 2014 for $2.5 billion, by acquiring a learning game called MinecraftEdu for an undisclosed sum. The game, produced by a company ...

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 ...

It’s easier than you think to begin using Minecraft Education in your classroom. During an FETC 2023 session, technology specialist Kristen Brooks from the Cherokee County School District offered an ...

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 ...

Imagine being eight years old today. You pack your bag, hop on a bus, act like your crush has cooties and go through lessons on history, English, maths, science, and... Minecraft? That's the reality ...

Minecraft Education Edition is an educational version of Minecraft that is specifically designed for classroom use and contains features that make Minecraft easy to use. It uses Bedrock Edition and is ...

From a single living creature's cell to an entire city, Minecraft: Education Edition is giving students new spaces in which to learn. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. Imagine learning about ancient Egypt and then being able to construct your own pyramid that is accurately ...

Imagine your teacher plunks you down in front of a computer and loads up Minecraft. Awesome, right? Well, you may be living the dream sooner than you think. This summer, Microsoft is releasing ...

PLAYMAKERS is an exploration of the experiences and innovations that are leading the way for learning design in the 21st century. Produced by Institute of Play, the seven videos in the PLAYMAKERS ...