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For traditional education, Minecraft serves two purposes: 1) it gets kids interested, and 2) it's a blank canvas the teacher can use similar to how they use a b
by pdkl95 11y ago
For traditional education, Minecraft serves two purposes: 1) it gets kids interested, and 2) it's a blank canvas the teacher can use similar to how they use a blackboard or any other teaching aid.
As usual in education, tools like Minecraft do not work on their own (save more maybe the creative uses you mentioned). The teacher still has to be able to use the tool effectively.
- germinalphrase 11y agoAnd have the time to build the appropriate constructs for the learning to take place within. The knowledge that minecraft could be a useful learning environment hardly means that it is a practical one.
- pdkl95 11y agoThat's true for any teaching aid. Teaching is a hard, time-consuming process. The fact that some teachers have used Minecraft very successfully in their lessons proves it can be practical. It's up to the teacher to decide if they can use it practically in their lessons. Software tools (in general, not just Minecraft) could become a lot more practical in the future if the community creates a CPAN/rubygems/npm style archive.