Amazing, huh?! My media specialist approached me about this lesson and I jumped right on it! The experience was incredible. I literally know nothing about video games and especially Minecraft. The media specialist and I were truly out of our element but the students took over and blew us away. It was quite scary at first because it looked like students were just wandering around the game world setting fire to stuff and knocking things down. I tried to question them about what they were planning but their answers sounded like Greek to me! They were collaborating, praising each other, and fluently using the terminology from the content that I needed them to know! It was the PERFECT LESSON - and I had nothing to do with it. It was all student driven and student centered - all I did was put the tool in their hands.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
My First Attempt at integrating Minecraft.
Lesson objective: Students can describe the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia and its advances that enabled them to flourish.
Amazing, huh?! My media specialist approached me about this lesson and I jumped right on it! The experience was incredible. I literally know nothing about video games and especially Minecraft. The media specialist and I were truly out of our element but the students took over and blew us away. It was quite scary at first because it looked like students were just wandering around the game world setting fire to stuff and knocking things down. I tried to question them about what they were planning but their answers sounded like Greek to me! They were collaborating, praising each other, and fluently using the terminology from the content that I needed them to know! It was the PERFECT LESSON - and I had nothing to do with it. It was all student driven and student centered - all I did was put the tool in their hands.
Amazing, huh?! My media specialist approached me about this lesson and I jumped right on it! The experience was incredible. I literally know nothing about video games and especially Minecraft. The media specialist and I were truly out of our element but the students took over and blew us away. It was quite scary at first because it looked like students were just wandering around the game world setting fire to stuff and knocking things down. I tried to question them about what they were planning but their answers sounded like Greek to me! They were collaborating, praising each other, and fluently using the terminology from the content that I needed them to know! It was the PERFECT LESSON - and I had nothing to do with it. It was all student driven and student centered - all I did was put the tool in their hands.
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