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Learn to Play: Minecraft in the classroom

Imagine being eight years old today. You pack your bag, hop on a bus, act like your crush has cooties and go through lessons on history, English, maths, science, and… Minecraft?That’s the reality for about 200,000 kids today who have Minecraft in their schools as part of the curriculum.Educational software is nothing new, but most “edutainment” (I reckon there’s no dirtier word in the gaming vernacular) games were traditional curriculum wearing the guise of a video game as convincingly as Superman posing as a journalist by wearing glasses.Read more…