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>Minecraft is also programmable so could be used in similar ways to basic electronics. That's the one part I can definitely see as being educational with the r
by fluxquanta 11y ago
>Minecraft is also programmable so could be used in similar ways to basic electronics.
That's the one part I can definitely see as being educational with the redstone wiring and logic gates and whatnot. Having said that, however, I feel like learning actual circuitry (y'know, with real wires) is a better exercise because it's tangible.
Maybe I'm just jaded and dislike the idea of using computers for everything in education. I guess Minecraft probably helps the kids stay engaged more than physical circuitry would.
- pp19dd 11y agoAn aspect to consider is that minecraft is a very social game. A game that draws the young, and spreads social development informally through interactions between kids. It's an afterschool chatroom of its day. It's a medium that doesn't have to directly supply lessons, just conduct them.
- fluxquanta 11y agoIs it Microsoft's vision to make Minecraft what SecondLife was promised to be -- a social, virtual learning environment based in a computer game? That really sounds like trying to shove a sphere in a cube shaped hole.
- pp19dd 11y agoMy opinion is that Microsoft is just acquiring an existing community set and tools that come with it. They're positioning themselves to be pertinent.
- dibujante 11y agoWhen I was pretty young I was a complete and total klutz. Working in actual wires would have quickly degenerated into pathetic flailing for me, but working in a digital world would have been much easier.