Ten percent time

Ten percent time

• Recentls, Minecraft has been released for schools (Minecraft ED)
• I spent my 10% time researching how this works in the classroom.
• I have done so with the intention of using this in my history class.
• I was able to purchase an account and set up my own server.
• This server can be used with my students in the classroom.

Rationale
I chose this topic because I wanted my students to truly experience history. I also wanted them to learn about the importance of interpersonal relationships, building community, and how effective societies work. I hope that the Minecraft project I intend to do with them will reinforce concepts learned in my social studies class. What I learned from the websites I viewed has greatly contributed to my being able to set up my own server and understand how to utilize this program in the classroom.

Typical uses

• Students can explore real life buildings from historical theme-servers.
• Can be used to explore relationships and building societies.
• Students can learn about survival.
• Via blogging reflections, students can learn to write about what they see.
• Students can learn about geometrical and scientific concepts.

In my classroom students will...:

• See how geography affects societal development
• Learn how societies organize themselves.
• Learn how early humans went from hunter-gatherers.
• Discover how the first civilizations were created.

Students will be placed into groups that will - once a week - utilize our Minecraft server. They will try to create a society that will go from hunter-gatherers trying to survive to a small civilization.

Links

• http://minecraftedu.com/
• http://educade.org/lesson_plans/getting-started-with-minecraftedu
• http://stem.wesfryer.com/home/minecraft
• http://www.edutopia.org/blog/minecraft-in-classroom-andrew-miller