Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning
-
Upload
david-dodgson -
Category
Education
-
view
562 -
download
2
description
Transcript of Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning
![Page 1: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
BREAKING THE LEARNING BLOCKS
Minecraft and Language Learning
An ELT Sandbox presentation for the 7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference, April 27th, 2014
![Page 2: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
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
![Page 3: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
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.
![Page 4: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Let me tell you a story…
![Page 5: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Let my students tell you a story…
![Page 6: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Let my students tell you a story…
![Page 7: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Let my students tell you a story…
![Page 8: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Let my students tell you a story…
![Page 9: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Let my students tell you a story…
![Page 10: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Let my students tell you a story…
![Page 11: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
The Treehouse Tour
![Page 12: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Redeveloping Atakule
![Page 13: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
And there’s more…. Information about
volcanoes
Retelling a story read in class
Recreating and designing structures
![Page 14: Breaking the Learning Blocks - Minecraft and Language Learning](https://reader033.fdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022061123/54706772b4af9fb90a8b471b/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
And there’s more…. Facts about different
animals
Showing the natural world
‘How to…’ guides