Hi, my name is Rosa.

Hi, my name is Rosa. I come from Varese, in Italy. I'm a primary school teacher, like Mirella, but I teach at another school in the city. I've just started playing Minecraft and I have a lot to learn. I don't speak English very well at the moment. I try and hope to become a little bit better. I thank Carol Rainbow who invited me to join this community.

Hello Everybody

Hello Everybody,

I hope I'm not too late to join in on the conversations. My history with Minecraft has its bumps, and I am really hoping this MOOC will show me how we can use regular, vanilla Minecraft in the classroom. Before Microsoft bought Mojang and Teacher Gaming's rights, I created a 501(c)(3) so that I could use MinecraftEDU. Microsoft does not recognize nonprofits as being worthy of using the EDU version so my nonprofit is pretty useless at the moment. It is funny because I created the nonprofit so homeschooling families could access MCedu, yet when they bought the rights from Teacher Gaming, Microsoft lets homeschooling groups have access to the EDU version, but not nonprofits. I want to convince my IT person that we should still build the virtual computer lab even if we can't create a MCedu server for it. I need to learn how to create worlds that let students learn things.

Long story longer- I did a Masters in ED Tech at Boise State University online. I was remotely familiar with MC before then, but had no clue how powerful it is until I took a class that showed us how to use MC, WoW, and SeecondLife in classrooms. I have become addicted to digging holes and building really crappy houses. I don't fight monsters. I don't know any of the lingo our kids use because I am somewhat oblivious to all the fun they have in MC. OH! I even have a Tynker account so I can learn how to make MC mods. I sort-of learned how to spontaneously place sheep in places and was thrilled to just click and there was a sheep.

I am hoping the course will pull me out of my tiny world and into the greater world where I know MC can be used to educate kids.

Hi, I'm Mirella and I'm from Italy. Currently, I live and work in Varese.

Hi, I'm Mirella and I'm from Italy. Currently, I live and work in Varese.
I learned about this community from Carol Rainbow and I wanted to enroll because I am very interested in how to teach through this very special environment.
I've been playing Minecraft recently and I still have a lot to learn!
I do not know English ... I will try to do my best.

I am jumping in with great trepidation and excitement!

I am jumping in with great trepidation and excitement! This is my first time in a MOOC as a student and my first intro to Minecraft. I'm especially interested in discovering how Minecraft can be used to teaching. Never occurred to me!

I'm an educational consultant and teacher trainer (Pre-K-12, college, and Adult Education). One of the hats I wear is to moderate a large reading and writing community of practice among adult educators everywhere.

I'm scared but anxious to get started!

Hi

Hi ! I'm Ashley, an English teacher in Taiwan. I came across this community via ISTE website. I'm very interested in using new technology in my classroom since it often works very well for my students. I have studied how to use Minecraft a little bit, but still have problem getting started. Do I need to download the Minecraft App first? Or log in the online platform?

Besides, does it work well for second language learners?

Hello, I'm Ceren and I am from Turkey. Currently, I am in the US to work on my dissertation.

Hello, I'm Ceren and I am from Turkey. Currently, I am in the US to work on my dissertation.
I learned about this community from Carol Rainbow and I wanted to join since I am interested in integrating technology to language learning.

This is going to be my first time in Minecraft. I look forward to see how it works and gain insights into how it can be used for language teaching.

Hello!

Hello! I discovered this community by chance and was excited to do so! I'm a Minecraft Global Mentor which means I'm committed to helping educators around the world find ways to support learning using Minecraft: Education Edition.

I'm not certain, but it looks like you're using Java edition for this awesome MOOC? Would the group like to learn more about how the Education Edition supports teachers in integrating game-based learning into their classrooms? Are there already mentors here? Say hi!

Otherwise, I applaud this community for its work as this sounds like an interesting and engaging experience for everybody involved!

https://education.minecraft.net

https://education.minecraft.net

Hi, everyone!

Hi, everyone! I’m Hoang Yen. I’m a teacher of English. I’d like to join this class to develop my knowledge as well the techniques. I hope to learn and share experience in teaching English.

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone! My real name is Maha Abdelmoneim and I'm from Cairo ,Egypt, but me, Olivetree, is who you'll be meeting on Discord and in Minecraft (I handle everything to do with Minecraft not Maha ;) .

Originally I'm a Corporate Learning and Development Consultant (Trainer/Instruction Designer/Life and Executive Coach). I deeply care about everything to do with learning and education which is the reason I've been learning and collaborating with educators on and offline since around 2004. I love learning and teaching languages and have been teaching English as a volunteer since early 2000s. I 've also been experimenting and helping English language learner in Virtual Worlds, specifically Secondlife since 2010.

I've been participating in EVOmc since 2016 and this year I'm honored and excited to be one of the co-moderators.

I look forward to meeting you all here, on Discord and in Minecraft soon.

Just what are we dealing with here?

Just what are we dealing with here?

[giant hand picks up the wolf, holding the head lightly between thumb and forefinger... ]

[squeezes gently, checking consistency of "fill"...]

[giant hand flops the stuffed toy unceremoniously onto the cold white Formica desktop, sound of an overhead light clicking, scene is "well-lit" now...]

[off screen we hear a familiar snapping sound of someone putting on rubber gloves...]

[on screen we see giant hand, now gloved, pushing the frost-blue fur on the back of the head around to reveal a zipper... ]

[giant hand pulls open the zipper revealing a mass of spongy grey filling inside the head, which conceals something, something from the past which might shed some light on the mystery surrounding the object ( https://sites.google.com/view/briteanvil/page )... ]

https://sites.google.com/view/briteanvil/page

Hi!

Hi! I’m Daiana, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’ve used Minecraft for a couple of years with my students and they love it. I joined this MOOC to get inspiration and new ideas to continue using Minecraft.

Hi, I'm Michiyo, from Japan.

Hi, I'm Michiyo, from Japan. I've logged in for the first time this year. I noticed I had almost forgotten how to play, but thanks to abufletcher, I could learn again,. I hope I could do smoething better than the last year.

Thank you.

Hi all

Hi all,

I'm jkuhn72 in game and am one of the founding moderators of the EVO Minecraft MOOC and a player of Minecraft since late 2010. Gaming has been a hobby for years and I've been fortunate to integrate it into my work as a teacher and teacher-educator most recently as the author of the TESOL Games and Learning blog.

It's great to see the community continue to grow each year. For new members the best advice is to jump in and explore. The sooner you join us in game the sooner it all makes sense! While our community may seem frenetic it has developed organically and was designed to mimic the way our students engage with games and game communities - by learning through doing and where everyone has expertise to share. We can't wait to see what you bring to our little world!
http://blog.tesol.org/welcome-to-the-tesol-games-and-learning-blog/

Hi Everyone

Hi Everyone,
I teach at the University of Warwick specialising in ICT in TESOL. I'm back again but still feeling like a newbie - I learn a little more every year though and when I have time to participate I love the community feel of this MOOC. Looking forward to making new friends and meeting old ones!

Hello

Hello,
I'm Lama. I'm looking forward to discovering Minecraft.

Jan. 10, 2019

Jan. 10, 2019

Hi, in game I'm known as "abufletcher" and I enjoy a room with a view. This is my second year with EVOMC, the first of which I spent running (and swimming) in the wilderness, clearing out blackness on the dynamic map. Below is a screenshot of the mountain retreat I just built "a couple of days' ride" from the wilderness portal set by Dak (Dakotah).

In real life (if you can call it that), I'm an EFL teacher (officially professor) who has worked in Japan for the last 22 years. I don't use MC with students, but my specialty involves interaction analysis so MC presents another venue for observations.

Strangely though I'm not very good at interacting in MC.

Hello.

Hello. I am Cathy and I have been teaching Minecraft in our school for 3 years. I learned about Minecraft from my grandson and when they asked if anyone would be able to teach a class in school, I said I would give it a try. This year I teach 16 students for 3x a week for 12 weeks, and then change each 12 weeks. I also do after school sessions for 15 3rd-8th grade for 1x a week for 8 weeks. I enjoy playing Minecraft myself and look forward to working with all of you.

Hi! I'm Olfa and waiting forward to learning about minecraft.

Hi! I'm Olfa and waiting forward to learning about minecraft.

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Hi everyone.

Hi everyone. I'm Teacher Vance when you see me in Minecraft. I was one of the primary founders of EVO MInecraft MOOC in 2015 and many of my co-moderators have been with us each year since then. When I say each year I don't just mean January-February; we work I mean play, ok collaborate, year round to keep this community vibrant and fresh for when newcomers arrive in #evomc19

If you are just joining us, or already joined but planning to play with us this year, please introduce yourself here and then fill in our form, which we need for you to do so that we can see who's with us this year and whitelist you on our server. FInd the form at: https://tinyurl.com/evomc19-register

One handy link for this session is http://missions4evomc.pbworks.com/. Explore the right-hand sidebar there for quick links to the session, and find what you should be doing each week. You can also find there when our live sessions will be, as we schedule them week to week.

The MAIN thing is you should be joining us in Minecraft. We use the classic / java version, and you have to purchase a login from https://minecraft.net/ which works with any version (one time $30 purchase, unlimited software downloads both client and server side after that).

Sorry about the cost but it's not for us, it's for the tool we and so many other educators are using these days. When we meet in Minecraft, we'll show you how to use it and try to make you feel at home there. Feel free to ask us here or in our Google Groups or Google Classroom spaces if there is anything we can do to help