Mining and survival in savanna land, final reflexions at my Blog for #evomc16.

Mining and survival in savanna land, final reflexions at my Blog for #evomc16.
https://paradigmagnus.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/minecraft-mooc-tumbling-down-the-world-of-cubes/
https://paradigmagnus.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/minecraft-mooc-tumbling-down-the-world-of-cubes

Hi, Linda Gielen got disconnected and couldn't go back for while.

I hope the 3rd time's the charm for this video....

I hope the 3rd time's the charm for this video....

https://youtu.be/Usp5Th2F67o

I made this brief video to demonstrate how to get into the #evomc16 server after your minecraft client has upgraded to 1.9.
https://youtu.be/Usp5Th2F67o

I have problems connecting with the server.

I have problems connecting with the server. "Outdated server" appears on my screen. I guess this is because my MC-client is for MC 1.9 but the server is said to be version 1.8.8 - but the MC-Launcher downloads the MC-client for 1.9 automatically.
Are you going to update the server? Or what can I do?
 (I am using MC for MacOSX)

Minecraft 1.9 is available

Minecraft 1.9 is available
http://mojang.com/2016/02/minecraft-19-combat-update/

Now that the EVO 2016 is officially over, the EVO server's life is just beginning.

Now that the EVO 2016 is officially over, the EVO server's life is just beginning. Visit the "Administrative Offices" on the EVO Survival Server to find this Command Block. What does it do? Push the button to find out?

#evomc16

Originally shared by Aaron Schwartz

More photos from survival mode on the EVO server... #EVOMC16

More photos from survival mode on the EVO server... #EVOMC16

Week 5 #evomc16

Week 5 #evomc16  

The last few weeks have been difficult and challenging, and then I caught the flu.  So I have really procrastinated with the final week of the Minecraft MOOC, which is going into survival mode. 

I  called upon all of my metacognitive forces to understand why I was dragging my feet, and voila, it came to me.  I don't want to die and respawn -  I am afraid of survival mode.  Creative is my preferred mode; I enjoy mining, building, flying, exploring and the power to easily fix mistakes.   I do not like the stress of knowing I am not going to survive long term, and it is just a matter of time before a zombie or something gets me.

In other words, I only went into survival mode today because I want my MOOC badge.

I began on a roof where it began raining, so I jumped through a hole and found myself in the mailroom.

I put a sign on a mailbox with my name, broke a couple of glass blocks/windows, then went outside to look around.  As it got dark, I panicked and found I could not get back into the nether portal.   I went into a small house with lights and a library, and that is where I am now
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Hopefully, I'll go back later and mine, craft and build, and creative mode will return soon.

Hi all, sorry for the delay, but it is a shortened month :-)

Hi all, sorry for the delay, but it is a shortened month :-)

The good news is, the #EVOMC16 Active Participant and Survivor's badge is ready. Have a look at the link provided here.

I need an email address to award the badge, so if you would like to claim your badge please send me your email address through a social network or to my email at vancestev @gmail.com

The badge can be awarded to anyone who completes a majority of missions according to what you have listed at http://tinyurl.com/evomc16-badgetrack, but keep in mind, the evidence there is openly viewable by anyone wishing to review your credential.

So before claiming your badge, please ensure that the information you have listed at the link above is up to date.
http://screencast.com/t/TLL5tKVqt4yf

New Blog Post! http://myminecraftmusings.blogspot.com/2016/02/villager-recovery-center-completed.html

New Blog Post!  http://myminecraftmusings.blogspot.com/2016/02/villager-recovery-center-completed.html

Minecraft & Raspberry Pi

Minecraft & Raspberry Pi

https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/minecraft-mashups-part-one/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/minecraft-mashups-part-two/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/minecraft-mashups-part-three/

Minecraft Pi Edition can be controlled using Python or JavaScript scripts, or directly from SonicPi. It can interact with buttons, LEDs or acceleration/tilt sensor.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/minecraft-mashups-part-one/

A weekend beachhouse with a meditation room under the sea.

A weekend beachhouse with a meditation room under the sea. Just come in and enjoy the sight. You can also build while diving in minecraft.

New Zombie Villager Curing Center!

New Zombie Villager Curing Center!
http://myminecraftmusings.blogspot.com/2016/02/evo-minecraft-server-zombie-villager.html

Astonishing Archaeological Discovery

https://evominecraftmp.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/astonishing-archaeological-discovery/
https://evominecraftmp.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/astonishing-archaeological-discovery

Pictures just taken this morning while Mircea Patrascu was working on the final touches of the Dessert temple. :)

Pictures just taken this morning while Mircea Patrascu was working on the final touches of the Dessert temple. :)

MC for Cross-Cultural Exchange?

MC for Cross-Cultural Exchange?

Hi all,

For some time I've been kicking this idea around and recently Rose Bard and I emailed about it. Here goes:

We can set up a server for our students as a way for them engage with other students from around the world. Perhaps we can make it a survival world so they learn to cooperate and interact (their teachers being awesome examples!). Then maybe periodically we have change the game mode to creative for mega builds.

During mega-build weeks the kids can build something from their town/country to show the other kids.

I'm still sketching the idea out but the core concept is a shared space to use a shared game as a platform for international exchange/English language practice.

Thoughts?

#evomc16

Hi everyone.

Hi everyone. The week after an EVO session is such a change from the previous intensive 5 weeks (or 15 weeks in the case of your moderators) but it's a time to relax and consolidate. I've got a few scraps of Camtasia lying around that I'm just now sweeping up. Here's one from our Feb 7 server party where Beth S O'Connell took #evomc16   on a tour of the Virginia Society for Technology in Education Minecraft server hosted by the Virtual Environments PLN at VSTE (http://vste.org).
 
TeacherVance made a Camtasia recording of a Minecraft window overlayed onto voice chat in Bb Collaborate. I've posted it at our archive here: 
http://missions4evomc.pbworks.com/w/page/104666848/Live_events#SunFeb7BethOConnellhostsEVOMC16ServerPartyatVSTEMinecraftsandbox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G97uwcjP3MU

I'm getting a little discouraged.

I'm getting a little discouraged. I love playing in survival mode, but the one time I was able to spend enough time in this world to get the resources I need to make maps and armor, I died and lost it all. I'm used to coming back from that, but the backup maps that I've made haven't been working. When I take a map off the wall to make a copy, the map disappears. It looked like it went into my inventory, but it wasn't there, and didn't show up anywhere around. (Sometimes a map will appear in a nearby room when it's taken off a wall.)

Yesterday I went out getting some wood and was surprised by dusk.

Yesterday I went out getting some wood and was surprised by dusk. Returnig to home I got killed by a zombie and lost all my stuff. After respawning I took a sword out of the case and went back to recollect my artefacts, while doing it a skeleton shot me and "I died" again. Respawned, sword and back, did'nt see the spider, then a zombie - dead again. Respawed, sword, hurrying back, two zombies, no chance with a stone sword. Dead again. Respawned, sword, ... and so it went time after time until dawn. I didn't count. Most things got lost, the last zombie got my anger and the rest of a wheathered stone sword I still had found all down in my case.
I guess I broke the record (of Robert?) of dying in this #evomc16 MOOC.

Reflecting last week at...

Reflecting last week at https://paradigmagnus.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/minecraft-mooc-tumbling-down-the-world-of-cubes/ - surviving in the Mob.Video is not yet finished ...
https://paradigmagnus.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/minecraft-mooc-tumbling-down-the-world-of-cubes

Finally got my Week 3 reflection done:

Finally got my Week 3 reflection done:
http://booklady9.edublogs.org/2016/02/15/the-vste-minecraft-server-for-teachers/
http://booklady9.edublogs.org/2016/02/15/the-vste-minecraft-server-for-teachers

https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/time-to-reflect/

https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/time-to-reflect/
https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/time-to-reflect

Finally talking about my networking... https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/opening-up-to-a-new-world/

Finally talking about my networking... https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/opening-up-to-a-new-world/ 
https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/opening-up-to-a-new-world

Surviving... and learning about connecting in Minecraft

Surviving... and learning about connecting in Minecraft
https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/minecraft-friends/
https://eslbeth.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/minecraft-friends

Mircea Patrascu I took some pictures of our tour to your server.

Mircea Patrascu I took some pictures of our tour to your server. Thanks so much for showing us around. It's an incredible place.

I forgot to take pictures during the meeting on my server, but I have some taken during the preparations and after...

I forgot to take pictures during the meeting on my server, but I have some taken during the preparations and after the visit.

Thanks Rose Bard , Linda Gielen Robert Ogorek and Vance Stevens for visiting.

Weftwaif connected also later but I was not online, I hope I will meet him some other time, as well as other people who might be interested. You are all on the whitelist:)