Week 5 -Feb 9-15, Focus refers to individualized plans for carrying the work started here beyond the current EVO...

Week 5 -Feb 9-15, Focus refers to individualized plans for carrying the work started here beyond the current EVO session and MOOC.
Participants can hold a showcase event hosted by http://learning2gether.pbworks.com 
(EVO ends this week; the canvas MOOC runs through March 13)
http://learning2gether.pbworks.com

Week 4 - Feb 2-8, Cluster - this describes what happens when participants identify others in the MOOC with like...

Week 4 - Feb 2-8, Cluster - this describes what happens when participants identify others in the MOOC with like goals and start working in subgroups within the MOOC. By now we expect participants in the MOOC to have found colleagues with compatible interests and be on their way to decentralizing their learning trajectories.

Our syllabus will again reflect what is happening in Canvas. #EVOMC15 participants continue to blog and share builds and YouTube video embeds with one another, and share what they are learning in Canvas with those in the group not in Canvas

Again Jeff's topic for his course fits nicely here:
Crafting the Classroom - developing Minecraft-focused material for individual content areas

Week 3, 26-Feb 1, Network - Get working with one another.

Week 3,  26-Feb 1, Network - Get working with one another. Network with the Canvas Minecraft MOOC starting at the beginning of Week 3. Those of us enrolled can start following it and report back to any who have not been able to enroll.

#EVOMC15 participants continue to blog and share builds and YouTube video embeds with one another

Our syllabus goals starting this week will reflect those of the Canvas MC MOOC, which are (throughout the Canvas course)
 - Introduction to Minecraft and MinecraftEDU
 - setting up your own server
 - Managing classes
 - creating context and subject specific materials
 - explore example lesson and curriculum plans on Canvas

Jeff Kuhn's course correspond with this plan ...
Let's Play - learning how to utilize more advanced features of Minecraft for the classroom including the set-up and running of servers

Week 2 - Jan 19-25, Declare (meaning we find where our participants are going to systematically record their...

Week 2 - Jan 19-25,  Declare (meaning we find where our participants are going to systematically record their reflections and observations and document their progress and successes with Minecraft in education during the EVO session)

So, start your blog or wiki and share your experiences with Minecraft and how you intend to learn more. Tag your posts (relevant to this session) #evomc15

Start crafting and get ready to engage with the Canvas Minecraft MOOC starting Jan 26, https://www.canvas.net/courses/minecraft-for-educators

More on Minecraft MOOCS
http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/08/12/instructure-launches-minecraft-moocs-for-k12.aspx

Learn how to create YouTube videos from captured Minecraft activities

From Jeff Kuhn's course: Minecraft the Basics - an introduction to Minecraft as both a game and phenomenon in both entertainment and education

Week 1 - Jan 12-18, Orient - figure out who we are and why we are here.

Week 1 - Jan 12-18, Orient - figure out who we are and why we are here. Buy Minecraft from http://minecraft.net. Serious participants will have to invest $20 to stay in the game through to week 2.  Grab a space in https://www.canvas.net/courses/minecraft-for-educators before it fills up

Jeff Kuhn is providing materials from his parallel course: 
Leaning Back vs Leaning Forward - a general discussion of games and how they are designed for engagement vs a more traditional education content-delivery approach.

Participants will need to purchase MC this week, and we'll explain how that is done (we are sorry for this unavoidable $20 outlay, but the game is not free)