I guess I have been living under a rock a little more than usual.

I guess I have been living under a rock a little more than usual... did anyone else notice this? [apparently a couple of new books for beginners coming out, I am liking what I see from the excerpt... have to find a few wazooleans under the couch cushions :) ] https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/how-structure-your-build
https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/how-structure-your-build

Here is the video from the #VRTWebcon presentation organized by David Dodgson, with myself and Jeff Kuhn as featured...

Here is the video from the #VRTWebcon presentation organized by David Dodgson, with myself and Jeff Kuhn as featured speakers. Filip and Marijana Smolcec were also there. Linda Gielen spoke at length, while +Dakota Redstone and Mircea Patrascu popped around in the back and foreground. Hope I didn't miss anyone :-) Find the show notes at #learning2gether https://learning2gether.net/2017/05/05/learning2gether-weekend-with-the-9th-virtual-round-table-web-conference/
https://youtu.be/6NgkOZtrGcc

It was great hearing some familiar voices today at the virtual roundtable, as well as hearing some great stories...

It was great hearing some familiar voices today at the virtual roundtable, as well as hearing some great stories about teaching/learning/gaming. I have not been in minecraft in so long, I have forgotten how to play :(

I will be on the EVO mooc for some (re)learning Minecraft time starting a few hours after this message posts to the Google+ page. I want to specifically look at how knowledge can be retained within the build... written book(?) I think the item I have in mind is called; as well as signs. I have used command blocks before, for this kind of thing, but as a player on someone else's server in this case, that is not an option, and would not be for students in a typical scenario.
Maybe simply surviving while trying to remember where things are will be the challenge. See you in world!

Dak

For its episode 368 #learning2gether will be monitoring, and participating in, the 9th VRT WebCon #vrtwebcon Fri May...

For its episode 368 #learning2gether will be monitoring, and participating in, the 9th VRT WebCon #vrtwebcon Fri May 5 1230 UTC thru Sun May 7 1600 UTC hosted as always by @heikephilp.

Learning2gether and #webheadsinaction feature prominently; e.g. on Friday 1400 UTC Nik Peachey gives a keynote on Digital tools for autonomous teacher development, and at 1700 UTC, David Dodgson, Jeff Kuhn, and Vance Stevens present from in-world on the EVO Minecraft MOOC server, while screen sharing on Adobe Connect. Then at 1400 UTC Saturday Nicky Hockly, Amany AlKhayat, Ayat Tawel and Hanaa M. Khamis check in from a NileTESOL LTSIG Symposium.

See the full VRTWebcon schedule at http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/program-vrtwebcon2017. Presentations take place in http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/vrtwebcon/ and there is more information on Learning2gether events, including times where you are, at http://tinyurl.com/learning2gether.
http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/program-vrtwebcon2017

Hello all!

Hello all!

This weekend sees the 9th edition of the Virtual Round Table Webcon and Minecraft MOOC will be present for a symposium. Our confirmed time and date is 5pm GMT on Friday, 5th May.

Obviously this is not far away! Jeff, Vance, and I will lead the session from our server (broadcasting live to Adobe Connect) and we would love to have as many Minecraft MOOC participants as possible join us.

It would be great if you could also share your experiences of playing the game, learning the game, and participating in the MOOC. Or, if you prefer, just join us for a tour of the server and to listen in.

Please leave a comment if you can make it. More detail about the conference (programme has not ben published yet) can be found here: http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events/call-vrtwebcon-2017)

Hope to see you on Friday!

Dave
http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events/call-vrtwebcon-2017

I have a question.

I have a question. I am starting to get the ear of the upper echelon where I work and am finding they might fund a small and tentative Minecraft project where I work. Does anyone here have any suggestions for a first tentative step? For example, http://education.minecraft.net/ sells 1 year user names for $5 each. Is that a good way to get started with under 100 users? Or can you suggest any other solutions?
http://education.minecraft.net/

Has anyone else played this game called Creativerse?

Has anyone else played this game called Creativerse? It is a free to play on steam, rather similar to minecraft. I was wondering if anyone was using it in education? ( I just "found" it the other day... and have found it very engaging, but not sure about usefulness just yet) Dakotah