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Using Minecraft to Teach Common Core Math Skills FREE TRIAL ISSUE. See page 2 to subscribe. September 2014 Vol. 2, no. 1 2014 Vol. September Tips for Enhancing Classroom Learning INSIDE THIS ISSUE Using Minecraft to teach 2 About Special Ed Tech 2 About Aspiring Common Core math skills Games Foundation Editor’s Note: This information was taken from an edWeb.net webinar 2 Exploring games and entitled “How to Use Minecraft to Teach Common Core Math.” learning Jim Pike, a third-grade teacher at Ascension Catholic School in Los Ange- 4 Getting started in les, was not a big video game fan. But he found out Minecraft about Minecraft at a job interview and later decided to introduce it in his classroom mid-year to teach math. 5 MathTech: Algeblocks After four months of use, the results were impres- 6 MITS Corner sive. Math test scores doubled, from 42 percent aver- 8 PlayWorthy: Crayon age correct in January to 84 percent average correct in Physics Deluxe May, in the Common Core categories of Measurement & Data, Number & Operation-Fractions, and Operations & Algebraic Thinking. This article describes one of Jim’s Minecraft les- Jim Pike sons which teaches target area and perimeter, the Leveling Up relationship between multiplication and division, and multi-step problems. The lesson involves building a rudimentary replica of the Parthenon. Jim Earn CE certificates via gave the students six equations and three variable values to find building di- these free webinars and mensions and number of blocks seminars. Register for needed. (See graphic.) In this these and others on ed- case, L (length) = 7, W (width) Web.net and MITS.cenmi. = 5, and H (height) = 7. org. In the equations shown, • Teaching with Tablets, ‘A’ is the area of the base; ‘P’ Mon., Sept. 15, 4 to 5 is the number of blocks in the p.m. ET on edWeb.net. perimeter; ‘C’ is the number of blocks for all the columns; ‘TB’ • Whato D Games Do is all the blocks in the struc- Welln i School?, Mon., ture (without stairs); ‘S’ is the Sept. 22, 4 to 5 p.m. ET number of blocks for the stairs; on edWeb.net. and ‘M’ is the total number • Creating Compelling of Minecraft blocks needed to One of several slides from Jim’s edWeb.net Digital Lessons: The build the Parthenon. presentation. Click here to see more. Cont. on page 2 Jim gave the lesson as Please see Minecraft on page 3 Special Ed Tech, September 2014 Page 2 Exploring games & learning About Special Ed Tech / Subscriptions Operation Play, Filament Games Special Ed Tech is published monthly from From September 15-19, Filament Games is September through June by the director of partnering with industry leaders to build a hub of Aspiring Games Foundation. teacher resources for adding game-based learning to Special Ed Tech welcomes your questions and a classroom curriculum. article suggestions. Direct all queries and Check out the Resource Center at https:// subscription requests to editor Becky Palmer- www.filamentgames.com/operation-play for Scott at [email protected]. success stories, implementation ideas, cutting- edge research, and game-based learning tools. About Aspiring Games Foundation Meaningful Play Conference, MSU www.aspiringgames.org The Meaningful Play Conference at Michigan Aspiring Games Foundation supports the creation State University brings scholars and industry profes- and use of learning games and educational sionals together to understand and improve upon technology for individuals, groups, and classroooms. games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade Board Members in meaningful ways. Held every other year, it will be this year from October 16-18 in the MSU Union Director: Becky Palmer-Scott Building in East Lansing, MI. Serious Game Designer [email protected] The conference will include innovative work- shops, keynote speakers, panel sessions, peer-re- Treasurer: Rich Schaberg viewed paper presentations, roundtable discussions, [email protected] and exhibitions of games and prototypes. Of special Kate Fanelli note is a talk and a workshop by special ed teacher Math Accessibility Specialist Kate Fanelli on how she ‘gamified’ her classroom. Michigan Integrated Math Initiative Registration is limited to the first 300 partici- [email protected] pants. Early registration (through September 15) is $295 for regular attendees and $145 for students. Aroutis Foster Assistant Professor of Learning Technology After September 15, registration is $345 for regular Drexel University attendees and $195 for students. Register online at [email protected] http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu/register.php. Hotel accommodations are available at the East Lansing Reid Felsing, Attorney Knaggs, Harter, Brake, and Schneider Marriott and Quality Inn University in Lansing. [email protected] Leveling Up, continued from page 1 Jason LaFay, English Teacher and Easy Way, Mon., Sept. 29, 5 to 6 p.m. ET on edWeb. Co-Founder of Dewitt Creativity Group Dewitt High School net [email protected] • Introductory PODD Training, Tue., Sept 30 and Wed. Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET at Wexford-Missau- Sandra Logan, English Professor kee ISD, 9905 E. 13th St., Cadillac, MI. Register by Michigan State University Friday, Sept. 26 through MITS.cenmi.org. [email protected] • RU Ready 2 Trust ‘em? Why Access is Essential Kimberly Mathiot, Educational Consultant to Developing Citizenship among Millennials, State of Michigan Wed., Sept. 17, 5 to 6 p.m. ET on edWeb.net. [email protected] • The Project-Based School: How a New Principal is Using Flipped Learning and Social Networking to Bryan Novak, Serious Game Designer Transform an Underperforming Campus, Thu., Sept. [email protected] 25, 4 to 5 p.m. ET on edWeb.net. Link to page 1 Special Ed Tech, September 2014 Page 3 Minecraft, continued from page 1 whole class instruction, opening a single-player superflat world on his computer and showing it on the overhead projector, then building the Parthenon de- scribed in the equations. (Jim noted that starting with whole class instruction, rather than letting students build the Parthenon themselves, was important to keep the class on track.) He gave the students the algebraic formulas, and as a class had them reason out the associated number of Minecraft blocks. Jim provided many such exercises in the days following, and many kids came to call this type of problem an “algebra puzzle” as if it was a game in itself. Once the class agreed on the answers to the equations, each student was given a limited set of blocks in Minecraft and each built their own Parthenon, accompanied by a Minecraft sign in which they listed the equations worked out. For fun, after the Parthenons were built, they were marked with “boy” and “girl” flags and the kids were allowed to knock them down. Jim said that allow- Minecraft ing this play was important for kids’ enjoyment of the class. He also noted that is relatively the Parthenon could be linked to study of Greek myths or ancient Greece. inexpensive. A single Jim likes manipulatives and found that the virtual aspect of Minecraft is license costs about an advantage, since kids can’t steal each other’s blocks or throw the materials $27 but you can around the classroom. get a site license Jim noticed a marked change in the attitude of the students once he at a discount from started using Minecraft. They became more excited about learning. They got minecraftedu.com -- excited about math and became good at it, which translated in expecting to be for example $350 for 25 computers. able to do well in other areas such as literacy. Jim bought a personal license for himself, and the school bought site li- censes for the school computer lab from Minecraftedu.com, which cost a total of $350 for 25 computers. This included a dedicated Minecraft server for the There are several classroom. With a site license there is no need to remember passwords. free ways to A free trial of Minecraft is available. See “Getting Started in Minecraft” on play Minecraft. the next page for details. For details, see Some tips: “Getting Started in Minecraft” on the • Watch every student’s screen using a classroom management tool such as next page. LanSchool or Vision, to make sure students keep on track and don’t go invisible in the game. • The students will probably want to download mods (modifications) to Minecraft. To prevent this, find out which kid is most likely to download mods Jim noticed a and make him or her responsible for deleting them. marked change • Let students play in PVP (player vs. player,) mode, but watch to make in the attitude sure students don’t knock each other’s structures down. The settings on the of the students MInecraftedu.com server are helpful. once he started • Advise students to protect themselves from “griefing” (stealng other using Minecraft. people’s goods) by suggesting that they hide their goodies well. But students They became won’t be able to steal each other’s blocks. more excited • Minecraft works best on PCs and not as well on iPads. (EDITOR’S NOTE: about learning and expected to be able This may soon change since Microsoft just bought Minecraft and wants to ex- to do well. pand its use.) Jim Pike teaches at St. Martin of Tours School in Los Angeles (Brentwood), and designs curriculum for Code Revolution (coderevkids.com — if under con- struction, check back). He is creating new curriculum for Minecraft’s use in class and will soon offer online professional development. He enjoys collabo- rating with other teachers and can be reached at [email protected]. Link to page 1 Special Ed Tech, September 2014 Page 4 Getting started in Minecraft by Becky Palmer-Scott, Special Ed Tech editor [email protected] Playing for free The easiest way to play Minecraft for free is to download a demo version at In addition to the demo, minecraft.net/download.
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