breaking the learning blocks - minecraft and language learning
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A session I presented at the 7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference on April 26th, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
BREAKING THE LEARNING BLOCKS
Minecraft and Language Learning
An ELT Sandbox presentation for the 7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference, April 27th, 2014
What is Minecraft? One of the biggest
selling (indie) games of all time
A game about breaking and placing blocks
‘Digital Lego’ The ultimate open
world sandbox game
How can Minecraft be useful for (language) learning? It has no rules and
no limits Simplistic gameplay
appeals to YLs… …as does the
opportunity for creativity
Online resources (YouTube videos, forums, guides…) mostly in English.
Let me tell you a story…
Let my students tell you a story…
Let my students tell you a story…
Let my students tell you a story…
Let my students tell you a story…
Let my students tell you a story…
Let my students tell you a story…
The Treehouse Tour
Redeveloping Atakule
And there’s more…. Information about
volcanoes
Retelling a story read in class
Recreating and designing structures
And there’s more…. Facts about different
animals
Showing the natural world
‘How to…’ guides
