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

good news, Jeff Kuhn made it out of #evomc15 alive and well and has managed to tunnel his way to #tesol15 where we...

good news, Jeff Kuhn made it out of #evomc15 alive and well and has managed to tunnel his way to #tesol15 where we have found shelter and food at a newcomers welcome session where we hope to recruit new miners and avoid creepers and zombies. So far so good though it is getting a bit dark out :-)

Somehow we forgot to mention here that Jeff Kuhn has published an article on #evomc15 - Kuhn, J.

Somehow we forgot to mention here that Jeff Kuhn has published an article on #evomc15  - Kuhn, J. (2015). Meaningful Play – Making Professional Development Fun. TESL-EJ 15(4),1-8. Available: http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej72/int.pdf.
http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej72/int.pdf

Tamas Lorincz presenting a rapid-fire 20x20 pecha kucha on Minecraft at TESOL Arabia #tacon15 Friday March 15,...

Tamas Lorincz presenting a rapid-fire 20x20 pecha kucha on Minecraft at TESOL Arabia #tacon15  Friday March 15, 2015 #evomc15  in Dubai, UAE.

In case anyone has visited our #evomc15 Tagboard and wonders what the postings by James O'Reilly are doing there,...

In case anyone has visited our #evomc15  Tagboard and wonders what the postings by James O'Reilly are doing there, here is some background reading https://evomlit.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-only-known-detractor-of-evo/. Enjoy :-)
https://evomlit.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-only-known-detractor-of-evo

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

For #learning2gether this week Vance Stevens is scheduled to present double header #CO15 and ICT4ELT ...

For #learning2gether this week Vance Stevens is scheduled to present double header #CO15 and ICT4ELT #EVOsessions presentations Sunday Feb 8. 
 - The first is at 1300 GMT and is a presentation on the #evomc15 EVO Minecraft MOOC session with co-moderator +Jeff Kuhn. It's part of the Connecting Online 2015 conference, held in WizIQ, at this URL:
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/2476847-co15-evo-minecraft-mooc
 - The second at 1400 GMT is about the evolution of Webheads in Action, for the #ICT4ELT #EVOsessions , and is to be held in Bb Collaborate, http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/ 
 - There's more information about times and URLs for connecting with these sessions at 
http://tinyurl.com/learning2gether
 - All are welcome.
http://integrating-technology.wiziq.com/online-class/2476847-co15-evo-minecraft-mooc

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/02/teaching-in-the-age-of-minecraft/385231/ #evomc15

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/02/teaching-in-the-age-of-minecraft/385231/ #evomc15  
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/02/teaching-in-the-age-of-minecraft/385231

Hi all, anyone interested in meeting in-game Friday (1/30) around 14:00 GMT?

Hi all, anyone interested in meeting in-game Friday (1/30) around 14:00 GMT? If we're up for it I can swap out our server map and tomorrow we can play survival mode. Thoughts?
#evomc15

Wesley Fryer led me on a brief journey of discovery this morning which I'm sharing with #evomc15

Wesley Fryer led me on a brief journey of discovery this morning which I'm sharing with #evomc15 . The immediate link was to his blog post at Moving with the Speed of Creativity where he posted a 7 min video of students and teachers explaining the benefits of #minecraft . However, at that post we learn that he is giving STEM workshops at a school that bought 29 Minecraft licenses. The page for that one is a treasure trove of Minecraft videos and tutorials, enjoy http://stem.wesfryer.com/home/minecraft.

Player builds a working Word Processor inside of Minecraft.

Player builds a working Word Processor inside of Minecraft. This is what people do in their free time when not at school 'learning'.

Have you encountered any Minecraft builds that have you amazed?

What I find fascinating is the time required to do this (conception, pre-planning, building, testing) is leisure. Stebbins (1992) described the phenomenon of serious leisure and how people engage in what could be considered work in their free time. However over the last 50 years leisure has in terms of media meant consumptive entertainment. To relax we consume music, movies, books etc. With the rise of Web 2.0 and collaborative entertainment people are able to engage in mentally challenging entertainment and share it with a global community.

As a teacher I struggle with assigning a drill-and-kill worksheet knowing that some of my students can do this level of work in Minecraft for fun. Determining my role as an educator in a world where information and learning are both ubiquitous and free has been exciting and frustrating.

#evomc15  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ULtNYRCbg