I have learned that not everyone has seen the event notice for Friday February 3, when Vance Stevens and Jeff Kuhn,...

I have learned that not everyone has seen the event notice for Friday February 3, when Vance Stevens and Jeff Kuhn, present at 1700 UTC at the Connecting Online conference starting today on EVO Minecraft MOOC: Third time around overview

I have just set up a stream for it at https://youtu.be/ijRcvzLuP4I

If that works (never any guarantees :-) then you can watch there and text chat with us on http://chatwing.com/vancestev

Here's what it's about: #EVOMC17 is now in its third iteration of seeking to introduce teachers to Big G Gamification by experiencing the concept through interaction with teaching peers in the “little g” game of #Minecraft. The presentation explains how the community has sustained itself for three years as a space where experienced players and noobs alike can contribute to each other’s appreciation of Minecraft as a “toy” for enabling learning over a wide range of concepts. This presentation will focus on the evolution of the #EVOsessions Minecraft MOOC community from 2015 through the present, how it has indeed become a community, who it has attracted from other networks, and the interesting move from starting in creative and then morphing to survival (2015 and 2016, to the running of two parallel worlds as we do today (2017).

You can participate live in WizIQ, here
https://www.wiziq.com/online-class/4315972-co17-evo17-minecraft-mooc-overview

Slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UmLzUVGrG-T6KmV0QJvt2-IZX99Lp2TN_mnb4TgCN2k/edit?usp=sharing

For more information see http://missions4evomc.pbworks.com/w/page/112913140/Live_events2017#FriFeb31500UTCVanceStevensandJeffKuhnonEVOMC17atthe8thannualfreeconnectingonlineconference

All are welcome

https://youtu.be/ijRcvzLuP4I

Hi everyone, thanks to Rose Bard and Linda Gielen, who help me get around and stay alive each week, and Mircea...

Hi everyone, thanks to Rose Bard and Linda Gielen, who help me get around and stay alive each week, and Mircea Patrascu who makes the quests (modeling how a master can manage class activities in #Minecraft ) I'm getting better at the game, or more correctly, the toy, as Jeff Kuhn points out. But this evening I punched through my latest personal learning goal. I managed to figure out how to stream our #evomc17  events live, capturing virtual play along with voice.

Our next playdate will be livestreamed. I'll set the event in YouTube/Live, and invite you join us in world or just follow what we're up to in real time.

When watching YouTube videos, be sure and use the settings gear to play back in highest resolution. The default setting may be grainy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG6mtSo1oyE

Hi all.

Hi all. I made a YouTube video from our event on Sunday Apr 17 where Mircea Patrascu and Rose Bard and I presented on #evomc16  and their work on their own servers to an audience of IATEFL Young Learners SIG. 

This coming Sunday a bunch of us are presenting at #SLMOOC16, on which more later, but meanwhile we found that Adobe Connect works great for screen sharing #Minecraft  at a distance, and you can view the video to see how our SL MOOC presentation might go. We just have to get on the server and throw a SERVER PARTY and conduct a tour. I'll set and EVENT and be in touch with the presenters on that shortly.

I've started a blog post of our event here
https://learning2gether.net/2016/04/17/mircea-patrascu-rose-bard-and-vance-stevens-address-iatefl-ylt-sig-bi-monthly-webinars/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwG4kk370h4

I just started a Minecraft Modding for Dummies course :) Looks like it's based on #Blockly and once connected you...

I just started a Minecraft Modding for Dummies course :) Looks like it's based on #Blockly and once connected you can see your coding working in #Minecraft!! I'm excited! #evomc16

The final piece to the archive of the talk entitled Projects and challenges – designing and building, that @BronSt...

The final piece to the archive of the talk entitled Projects and challenges – designing and building, that @BronSt uckey gave to #evomc16, EVO #Minecraft MOOC, one of this year's #EVOsessions, is now posted as #learning2gether episode 312 at
http://learning2gether.net/2016/01/24/bron-stuckey-and-evo-minecraft-mooc-projects-and-challenges-designing-and-building/ 

A screencast was originally made of the live session but replaced with a YouTube of the Adobe Connect recording due to its better quality, so an mp3 rendition was made from that. Finally, the text chat replete with links was harvested from the Adobe Connect recording and linked to from that URL. Thanks to Bron for the effort, and I hope  you enjoy the result.
http://learning2gether.net/2016/01/24/bron-stuckey-and-evo-minecraft-mooc-projects-and-challenges-designing-and-building

Family activities at my house when son and granddaughter are present include #evosessions #EVO #Minecraft #MOOC...

Family activities at my house when son and granddaughter are present include #evosessions #EVO #Minecraft #MOOC #EVOMC16. My 7 year-old granddaughter has no trouble engaging, even with adults like Teacher Rose Bard , in-world from half a world away in Brazil

My students are going crazy about Minecraft.This morning I asked my students to prepare quizes for their classmates...

My students are going crazy about Minecraft.This morning I asked my students to prepare quizes for their classmates on the grammar and functions we have studied. They are in the first year of the ESL course and this is the quiz they prepared https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/b6825b96-9b19-47e5-a6cb-156b53aad07d. Everything #Minecraft ! Why don't we organize a challenge? Vance Stevens Jeff Kuhn #evomc15

Jeff Kuhn and Vance Stevens will present this Sunday Feb 8 at 1300 GMT at the #CO15 Connecting Online Conference.

Originally shared by Vance Stevens

Jeff Kuhn and Vance Stevens will present this Sunday Feb 8 at 1300 GMT at the #CO15 Connecting Online Conference. The topic is of course educational benefits of #Minecraft in the context of our EVO Minecraft mOOC #evomc15 #EVOsessions. The Connecting Online 2015 conference is being held in WizIQ Friday through Sunday this weekend, and our presenation will take place at this URL:
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2476847-co15-evo-minecraft-mooc. This should be the link as well for the recording. 

There's more information about times and URLs for connecting with ours and all the CO15 sessions at http://tinyurl.com/learning2gether. All are welcome to attend.
events/c30tdg0s9bmmlj2a2i1ctbiufqo?authkey=CJ3FkeLk24TkOQ

Carol Rainbow first time riding a horse #Minecraft #evomc15 :) way to go!

Carol Rainbow first time riding a horse #Minecraft  #evomc15 :) way to go!

If you are keen on playing survival mode in Minecraft, maybe this short video tutorial on "How to survive the first...

If you are keen on playing survival mode in Minecraft, maybe this short video tutorial on "How to survive the first night in Minecraft" by Filip Smolčec created 2 years ago (then age 9) will help you. I wanted to post it after Jeff Kuhn great introductory video to #minecraft and Vance Stevens asking for help :) P.S. Filip's English has rapidly improved since then. Carol Rainbow, if you have time check the video! #evomc15  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ov4zqysrUs